Emily M. Beasley,^1,*,**,*** Kathleen M. Nelson,^2,** Dennis Slate,^2,**** Amy T. Gilbert,³ Frederick E. Pogmore,⁴ Richard B. Chipman,² Amy J. Davis<sup>3

1</sup>University of Vermont, Department of Biology, 109 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
²United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, 59 Chenell Drive, Suite 2, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, USA
³United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
⁴United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, 617 Comstock Road, Suite 9, Berlin, Vermont 05602, USA

^*Current affiliation: Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, 1375 Avenue Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, Quebec H2V 0B3, Canada
^**These authors contributed equally.
^***Corresponding author (email: beasley.em@gmail.com)
^****Current affiliation: Chippewa Bay Wildlife Art and Science LLC, 1132 County Road 6, Hammond, New York 13646, USA