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1949
O. P. PEARSON
(alt) (1812-1814)
Pet Kines, 3000 ft., 11.5 mi NE of Burney, Shasta Co., Calif.
October 5, 1949
1815 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquii
captured Oct. 4, 3 p.m. in Cholla tunnel. Torpid. 1816♀ in same tunnel.
Middle small-sized. Rt. horn larger than left. No partly blind retinae.
Some fat. Vaginal area: many sperm, abundant lamellated epithelial
many of them curled and irregular but most smooth with pink-grey
medusa. No cornified; no bulbos. May have been mated with
1817 and embedding
1816 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquii
captured at 18:15. Awake. Testes 6 mm. Epididymis 6 x 3 mm. Abortion of sperm
in epididymal accessory large, 7 mm across. Sm. ves. 5 mm
long. Posterior and medial lobes of prostate very white. No fat.
Seminal tubules exhausted; single layer of basal cells; no mitoses; a few sperm left in many
tubules; very little interstitial tissue; many sperm in sperm.
Carcel, 3100 ft., Shasta Co., Calif.
Oct. 5
1817 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquii
captured in old house, 7:15 p.m. Torpid - middle median, smaller size.
Very fat under skin and in abdominal cavity. Ovary pinkish, rt.
horn larger. In semen: abundant VE, mostly smooth-edged with
pink-lacunar nuclei. Some bulbos, no sperm, no cornified.
1818 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquii
captured at 18:17 but in separate room. Torpid - middle small. Very fat.
In semen: VE with smooth edges and pink-lacunar nuclei;
no sperm, no bulbos, no cornified.
Sulphur Springs, 4300 ft., Shasta Co., Calif.
October 5
1819 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquii
gone, torpid, 10 a.m. No other Carpy present. Middle tiny. Very fat.
Ovary alkalized compared with 1815-1717. Rt. horn longer.
Vaginal area: many sperm; VE mostly curled and even with
dark nuclei. No cornified. No bulbos. Possibly mated with
1819 or embedding
Carcel, Monterey Co., Calif.
Oct. 7
1820 ♀ Lepus ornatus ornatus
109 x 39 x 13 x 8
Sent in by J.A. Welling, caught by cat Oct. 5 in Monterey Carcel,
Monterey Co., Calif. Testes 4 mm.