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Strongylogaster
P. PEARSON
1951-1952
by the skin of the belly.
This hole was 4 yds from
where ♀3515 was caught
Jan. 14. So far this is only
record of 2 adults in same burrow-
system. Record is as follows:
Jan. 13-14 - adult ♀3515 caught in
trap overnight (probably caught late
evening or early evening because
died of exposure & walking)
Jan. 15.- free digging at same burrow, trap spring but nothing in it
Jan. 16 - " " " 4 yds away in a.m. set trap and caught pregnant
♀3520.
DIAGRAM OF
THE 5 TUCOs
WORKING TODAY
AT WATCHING
ROCK
30 yds
22 yds
35 yds
16 yds
25 yds
"close" trees
collected here four days ago
watching well
Amtr saw a young tucos at the place where ♂3516
was shot yesterday. Since she ♀3516) had only one placental son,
this is probably the only survivor there. We tried to dry out the
nest yesterday; seeing the young one today induced me to
dig further. Continued the excavation 18 yds with no
startling discoveries except that it seemed greater depths
than we have heretofore encountered. Much of it was at
a depth of 30 inches, hence slow going. We stopped
before reaching the end; left 3 large Sherman set
for the young one.
Amtr went hunting in a.m. and got 4 trees, saw several
others. One of them was a half-grown ♂ - larger than the
juveniles we have gotten so far. One apparently had been shot
or injured in front leg (possibly on our previous trip through here), and the claws on that paw were much
longer than on the other foot.
Business has definitely slowed down among