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P. PEARSON
1949
58
Subway Caves, 4300 ft., Shasta Co., Calif.
1429 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai
second. Taken Subway Cave, torpid, Jan 15. Slept on. In contact
with σ, didn't move overnight. Nipple large; milky fluid expressible fro
vagino; much fat. Vter fairly long - rt horn longer. Blood vessel with white
sheath; medi follic in left ovary; none in right.
9.0 gr
1430 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai
Nipple medium-large. Caught Jan 15. Died on way home. Dissected Jan 16.
Much fat. Vter larger than 14 28, smaller than 1426; 5 mm across T
rt horn thicker than left: 2 mm. B.V. white-sheathed but difficult to determine
because vterna blended + No large follics or [illegible] corpora in either ovary.
1431 ♂ Corynorhinus rafinesquai
7.0 gr.
captured Jan 15, died on way home. Dissected Jan 16. Practically no fat. Accessorics large.
Testes whitish, 4 mm, spermi'd. same size. Histologically same as 14 33.
1432 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai
Subway Cave temperature + 1° C. Torpid all night. 8.5 gr.
8.5 grams. Nipple large, clear fluid expressible. Some fat.
vteric, medium; rt horn larger than left. Blood vessel white
sheathed. Large follicle in left ovary; none seen in right.
Killed Jan 16, taken Jan 15.
1433 ♂ Corynorhinus rafinesquai
7.2 gr.
torpid - cave, Jan 15. came 300 yds. SE of Ice
Cave. Roosting alone. Very little fat. Accessorics large
testes whitish, 4 mm. Epididymal sanding, very little intratestal tissue.
Sperm follicles small, mostly fertile; few sperms. Tunnels thick, spermi'd
packed with sperm.
1434 ♀ Myotis subulatus melanorhinus
85x37 x 7 x 15
Nipple tiny. No embryos, no sperm seen in uterine smear
Torpid in cave, Jan 15. Subway Cave.
1435 ♂ Myotis subulatus melanorhinus
81 x 38 x 7 x 15
testes 2 mm. Torpid in cave, Jan 15. Subway Cave.
1436 ♂ Corynorhinus rafinesquai intermedius
Subway Caves. Torpid in cave, Jan 15. Testis 5 mm; epididymis 5 mm.
Accessorics large; 8 wide by 7 long. Many sperm in stard - small and close-packed
very little intratestal tissue
1437 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai
cavity Cave. Torpid. Caught Jan 15. Died on way home. Nipple tiny, not much fat.
rt horn 2 mm thick, longer and thicker than left. 1 med follic in left ovary.
vis stain. Sperm in uterina. B.V. thick walled
and constrict, especially at tuba - uterine junction.
Leucocytes in uterina, 54 good to show thick-walled uterina.