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Wyer
Pue
1972
Journal
Chaco Experimental Station, 295 km N of Villa
Hays, Depto. Pte Hayes, Paraguay
25 June wind has switched, now coming from N &
is strong. in traps from last night -
1 small marsupial, w. head mashed, & head,
feet & tails badly cut damaged (#179), 1
small Dedepty in a live trap set on a
leaning tree (H186), 3 woodrat types, & 3 of
a vole-like mouse. The marsupial was
by dead wood in a dry place woaltes
were mostly by dense tangles of dead wood,
& vole ectos in small grass patches or
in woods near branelises. Saw a large -24"-
armaadillo by edge of swamp, & found
a dead progyrid in the middle of forest,
apparently undamaged. B No skull taken
(thinking about saline problem). 1 type
labelled Procyon canerviorum in Asuncion.
zoo - larger more elongate than Procyon lot.
Traps (70) moved to swamp. This is mostly
Palmas - few miles of water, scattered
palmetto, dense grass of several kinds
also stands of rushes, legumes bushes,
weller bushes, sedges etc. lot of
diversity, veg. very patchy - but
up in patches of palm stands. only
dry grass is at base of palm tree,
where there usually a square meter's two.