The following notes on mammals formerly or at present living in the
region but not found by me in Warren Woods are based mostly on
information furnished by George R. Fox, Director of the Edward K.
Warren Foundation, and by William Schmidt, a trapper and hunter.
_Didelphis virginiana virginiana._ Virginia opossum. Three were seen
and one captured in Three Oaks in the winter of 1919-20, and another
was found in a granary on the outskirts of the town. The previous
winter one was shot just southwest of town, and another was seen in a
ravine north of Harbert. One was killed in Warren Woods some time ago.
_Condylura cristata._ Star-nosed mole. Mr. Hans captured one four miles
south of Three Oaks, near the Indiana line in 1919, and brought the skin
to Mr. Fox. One was taken by Dr. Parker at Lakeside in June, 1919.
_Ursus americanus americanus._ Eastern black bear. Formerly occurred
in the region.
_Canis lycaon._ Timber wolf. About eleven years ago three were killed
from a pack of nine wolves at Lakeside. About 1910 a pack of eight
were seen at various times during the winter on the marsh between
Three Oaks and Galien. The following winter the same pack, or another
of the same number, was seen southwest of Three Oaks, and four of the
pack were killed just over the Indiana line.
_Vulpes fulva._ Eastern red fox. Common in the region. One was killed
in December, 1919, after having been chased from the Warren Woods by
dogs. Another was seen in January, 1920, half a mile north of Three
Oaks. In preceding winters a number have been killed south of Sawyer
where they evidently come from the sand dunes.
_Lutra canadensis canadensis._ Canada otter. Formerly occurred along
the streams, but are now apparently all gone.
_Felis couguar._ Cougar. One was killed a few miles northeast of Three
Oaks many years ago. Another was killed near New Buffalo in the early
days.
_Lynx ruffus ruffus._ Bobcat. One was killed a few years ago near the
Galien River a few miles northeast of Three Oaks.
_Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum._ Canada porcupine. Found here in the
early days.
_Sciurus carolinensis leucotis._ Northeastern gray squirrel. Black
squirrels were found in numbers in the early days.
_Glaucomys volans volans._ Eastern flying squirrel. Said to be common. A
large number were seen by Mr. Schmidt on one old stub in Warren Woods
some years ago. Several were seen in 1918 by Mr. Fox in second-growth
oak woods in a little ravine about one and one-fourth mile west of
Warren Woods. One was caught in Three Oaks in the fall of 1919.
_Cervus canadensis canadensis._ American elk. One horn from a large
swamp in Berrien County is in the Chamberlain Memorial Museum of Three
Oaks.
_Odocoileus virginianus borealis._ Northern white-tailed deer.
Formerly abundant in the region. Several molars were picked up in
Warren Woods.