Field notes, v1518
Page 577
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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