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1 September 2017 High-Elevation Observations of Long-Tailed Weasel and Eastern Chipmunk in North Carolina
Allison M. Moser, Corinne A. Diggins, W. Mark Ford
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Abstract

Observations of Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel) are rare within the southern Appalachians, while observations of Tamias striatus (Eastern Chipmunk) are uncommon in high-elevation spruce-fir forests. We conducted camera-trap surveys at Roan Mountain Highlands, Mitchell County, NC, during summer 2016 in a Picea rubens (Red Spruce)—Abies fraseri (Fraser Fir) forest. During the survey, we observed a Long-tailed Weasel at 1893 m in elevation and an Eastern Chipmunk at 1703 m in elevation. These are the highest-elevation records for both species in the eastern United States outside of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the highest elevation record for Longtailed Weasel in North Carolina.

Allison M. Moser, Corinne A. Diggins, and W. Mark Ford "High-Elevation Observations of Long-Tailed Weasel and Eastern Chipmunk in North Carolina," Southeastern Naturalist 16(3), (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.016.0321
Published: 1 September 2017
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