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Duke S Rozen
1980
Journal (25)
23 December
0650 hr Arose to check traps at Rover camp.
0715 hrs Good success! Collected 15 mice from 20 traps (4 P. mexicanus?, 4 P. zamynchus? and 7 Reithrodontomys fulvescens.
0735 hr Broke camp and head towards other trapping locality
0845 hrs This locality is 3.5 mi SE (by rel.) Rayon, ca. 1000 m.
Excellent success here also. From 40 traps collected the following:
1 Micromys mexicanus, 2 Bryomyss sp, and 13 P. zamynchus.
Ed did even better (out of 40 traps): 4 Keteomys, 1 Micromys, and
19 P. zamynchus?
0940 hrs Drove through town of Rayon. We plan to drive to Villa
Hermosa and get a hotel to sortotype. We have determined
that there is something wrong with the vehicle and it has to
do with the brakes. We have to get them looked at
1245 hrs Arrived Villa Hermosa
1355 hrs Spent the last hour and a half looking for a place
to work on our car with no success. Decided to drive
towards Veracruz.
1545 hrs Arrived Coatzacoalcos.
1635 hrs No mechanic available, but did charge $200
for pesos ($2,200). Will drive toward Acayucan.
1810 hr Arrived Acayucan. Checked into hotel El Ritz.
2145 hrs After eating at a restaurant on the town square we
put up some mice. One of the Netemys nelsoni from Mogtad
died (took tissue #1480). Also took urine from several
Reithros from above Rayon (1485-87) and made skeletons
onlys from 4 Peromyscus from Bochil (1481-84).