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P. PEARSON
1949
71
1530 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquae intermedius 110 x 51 x 10 x 37 8.9 g.
Caught 6:30 a.m. in litter room hanging in contact with 1531. Mother present at 10 p.m. or 3a.m. Banded 46-16726. Mipple medium - large.
Rt ov. with embryo 3mm thick but spherical rather than flat as in late-preg.
Interi, L.V. with walls slightly thickened. Small med. follicle in both ovaries. Probable joint corpus in left. Banded march 8, 1947. 4 other ♀♀ present at that time.
1531 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquae intermedius 108 x 50 x 11 x 37 8.8 g.
Caught as 1530. Mipple small-medium. Banded 46-16728. Brump in L. system. 3a.m. B.V. thick-walled. Ovaries with small-med. follicle but no corpus seen under direct scope. Banded march 8, 1947.
4 other ♀♀ present at that time [2 of them were 1529 and 1530]
Lucerne, 1330ft., Lake Co., Calif
1532 ♀ Myotis thysanodes thysonodes 103 x 45 x 9 x 21 7.2 g.
Caught April 15/7 a.m. in chaser with 11 thysonodes, 4♀ gymnaccensis,
and 1♂ gymnaccensis. Killed 8 p.m. Uterus puffy but not markedly
preg. No corpus or large folicle seen under direct scope.
Aetna Springs, 800 ft., Napa Co., Calif
1533 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquae 9.7 g.
Chittered in litter with other ♀♀. Caught 11 a.m. April 15. Killed 8:30 p.m.
Mipple small. Lower fat. Fetma most large, Brump 8 x 9,
embryo 7mm C.R. with both eyes about, front limbs not at all wing-like,
"handle" slightly mitten-shaped. Heart of embryo beating after mother
killed until ether. 60/sec. at 20°. Ovaries with small-med. follicles, no
corpus seen under direct scope. Not observable mammary tissue.
1534 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquae 9.8 g.
as 1533. Mipple medium. Not much mammary tissue. Brump in L. horn 9 x 12, embryo 9.5mm C.R with digits begining to elongate
and ear formed, with tiny tail. No corpus seen.
1535 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquae 9.9 g.
as 1533 Medium mipple. Trace of mammary tissue. Brump in L. horn
8.5 x 10, placentals anti-recessified. Embryo 7mm C.R. Digits begining to
elongate, ear just seperating. No corpus seen in either ovary.