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275 km NW Villa Hayes rd, Dept. Pte. Hayes, Paraguay
24 Aug time. Then walked downstream along the 5
bank to the vert dam, crossed it, & explored
the area immediately on the other side. I shot a
Tamandua? which I gave to Wetzel. It was no
with a white body & a black collar. He asked if
I remembered how many were like this & how
many had the rear half of the body all black.
My best recollection is that either 2 black to 4 white
or 3 & 3, not counting this individual.
This beast was in palm swamp, scratching around
in grass. I couldn't find out what it was try to get.
after dark I went out with Alvarenga & Lavell.
Lavell has a 12 volt sealed beam lamp, which,
massared lens throws a little beam than a car
headlight. It runs on a small 1'x8"x8" (?) car
battery, probably weighs 15 lbs or so. I carried it
easily in my rucksack. Before we left I shined it
directly into the eyes of a dog from a distance of only
a few feet. No pupil contraction at all. Yet it
illuminates & adequately for at least 150 ft
probably more. Went out by the dam. Shot 2 foxes.
that a Felis geoffryi, a very large one, & I shot
one of the red faced foxes, (which I gave to them. Many
lost hair in tail & partial hind legs). Saw about 20 or 30
other foxes. Quiet at 9:15 P.M. Windy (also it
rained somewhat for an hour or two around dark), very
warm (~30°C), partly cloudy. On the