Field notes, v1502
Page 261
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Murray 1948 Journal June 2 6 mi N San Jose del Cabo, 250 ft., Baja Calif. evidence of where they live. I shot one. In the afternoon Dr. Benson and Jervis went to look at a bat cave. I put out 10 gopher traps. 5 of these were in the sand near camp, where a number of mounds were present. It was difficult to tell which were fresh. The other 5 were in a corn field with tall rows of corn growing. Parts of the field were well irrigated and it was here that several fresh workings were found, in which I set the 5 other traps. We are not shooting any more bats here as long as they are the now common species. Put out 50 live traps in the sand near camp. Part were bordering the patches of tamajo ceniza and other shrubs, and the rest among scattered bushes or dry brush piles. The weather here and in this vicinity has been quite humid, with occasional cloouds. The maximum daytime temperatures run around 90° June 3 Same location In the live traps caught 3 ♀, 2 ♂ Perognathus spinatus, 1 ♂ Dipodomys merriami. Most of these were among the scattered bushes and the dry brush piles.