Field notes, v1500
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E.V. Miller 1940 Crotogeomys merriami April 22 8000 ft. Templo de Quetzalcoatl, Piramides de San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico. Set out 9 gopher traps late at night in the moonlight with Senor M. Delgadillo. Took one immature female. We had much difficulty in telling the fresh from old mounds at night and also our traps were too small for this species. Adults that S.B. Benson and M. Delgadillo took weighed up to 600 grams. The burrows were very numerous in this region and the gophers could be seen working in the daytime. The burrows were 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The soil was hard and dry at the surface and covered with scant growth of cactus. June 3 Limpia Canyon, 1