EISENBERG: MAMMALIAN SPECIES OF ORDWAY-SWISHER PRESERVE Table 1. Mammals of the Ordway Preserve recorded and studies. 1 Species Observed Trapped Comments Didelphis virginiana Sorex longirostris Blarina carolinensis Cryptotis parva Scalopus aquaticus Lasiurus intermedius Nycticeius humeralis Myotis austroriparius Dasypus novemcinctus Sylvilagus palustris Sylvilagusfloridanus Sciurus carolinensis Sciurus niger Glaucomys volans Geomys pinetis Peromyscus polionotus Peromyscus gossypinus Podomysfloridanus Ochrotomys nuttali Oryzomys palustris Sigmodon hispidus Neotomafloridana Neofiber alleni Vulpes vulpes Urocyon cinereoargenteus Procyon lotor Lutra canadensis Mephitis mephitis Lynx rufus Odocoileus virginianus Major studies by M. Sunquist, D. Daneke, J. Ryser, & D. Wright S Morphological studies by D. Pearson S Morphological studies by D. Pearson S Morphological studies by D. Pearson Prelinay studies by W. Ken a Preliminary studies by W. Kern Major study by A. Kantola & S. Humphrey Major study by C. Gates Major study by S. Brand Major study by C. Jones & J. Eisenberg Major study by L. HaySmith Preliminary study by F. Evans Major study by M. Sunquist Major study by M. Sunquist Major study by S. Walker Preliminary study by D. Daneke common to both areas. In 1947, George Pournelle contributed his masters thesis on the mammals of a swamp region near Gainesville. In 1949, B. A. Barrington submitted a dissertation on the mammals of a north Florida flatwoods. This extremely useful contribution discusses a vegetation form which is uncommon in the Ordway but very common immediately to the west of it, including the Austin Carey Forest (managed by the School of Forest Resources and Conservation). In 1951, P. G. Pearson submitted the mammals of Gulf Hammock, Levy County, Florida. This important contribution emphasizes the vegetation types inhabited by mammalian fauna of the Gulf Coast some 40 miles to the southwest of Gainesville. In 1963, S. C. Snedacker completed his investigation of some aspects of the