Field notes, v1525
Page 191
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Peanor 1983 37 October 12 May 12 Quebrada del Escondido, Laguna Verde, Sonora, about 12 N. Lat., at the edge of the lake. Lacustrine caught 3 individuals overnight. They had a couple of legs. MS and Sherman also caught a lot of [illegible] no Phyllostus. The otter had been cutting salsola tops. Other plants nearby at the edge of the lake were berberis, choura, vistra, troganis, bungaluras. Passed over clumps of [illegible] considerably below the lake. A capybara (with one foot [illegible]) ate a little bit of coffee and bread, maybe rolled oats. The second night it eagerly went after green grass and clover, held grass stem in one paw and fed it into its mouth lengthwise like a mouse eater. One of the three capybaras had been dragged into a crevice and its entire bed was gone. While at the end we looked for them but saw none.