Personal Notes I collected Claviger's murinus in the densely wooded river ravine that runs into the sea about four miles east of Van Stardens River west of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. The uplands on the flats are covered with grass, heather, and small bushes, while the rainforest in the river ravines are a tangled mass of vegetation. Here lay fallen logs and Hollyw trees I set traps which caught Claviger's murinus. They are hardly little creatures and tenacious of life. I kept one survivor of a trap, who fully recuperated ate his way out of a basket, and escaped. They do not tame easily for they will not hesitate to bite if you try to touch them. They are beautiful little creatures and resemble small grey squirrels.