Record #:

8918

Author(s):

Godfrey, Michael A.

Abstract:

Several well-known animals have the word “Carolina” attached to their common or scientific names. They are the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis, the red-bellied woodpecker (Centurus carolinus), and the Carolina wren. Godfrey describes them.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 36 Issue 6, June 1972, p18-20, il

Subject(s):

Birds; Animals--Nomenclature