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D. PEARSON
1948
12 mi. S E Hat Creek, Shasta Co. Calif.
Mar. 6, 1947
47
1359 female Cynorhinus rafinesquei
no skin, no skull
110 x 50 x 11 x 38
Taken in afternoon, in cave with 1360 + 1361. No
males in cave. Nipple tiny. Vagina with small opening.
Much fat. Uterus not at all vascular, rather small.
Right ovary with medium-large follicles, left ovary
with small follicles. One med. follicle; sperm in ut.
and oviduct.
1360 female Cynorhinus rafinesquei
no skin, no skull
106 x 50 x 11 x 37
Capture same as 1359. Nipples small, tiny drop of
white fluid expressible. Hair around anus gooey, vaginal
opening small. Much fat. Uterus quite vascular but not
enlarged. Right horn larger. Large follicle in left ovary,
medium follicles in right. Piece of scent gland pickled. Only one
small-medium follicle (smaller than in 1360). Sperm in ut.
Mature oocytes in ut. Vagina packed with sperm, not
cornified.
1361 female Cynorhinus rafinesquei
no skin, no skull
108 x 50 x 11 x 36
Capture same as 1359. Nipple medium large, some
fluid can be expressed. Vaginal opening small. Much fat.
Uterus slightly vascular, not enlarged. Right horn larger
No large follicle or corpora seen with dissecting scope in
either ovary. Scent gland pickled. One medium follicle; sperm
in ut. & oviduct. Mitosis in ut.