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MF Smith
1993
JOURNAL
Bariloche, Prov. Rio Negro, Argentina
Nov.25 We packed up the camping gear and left
town about 11:00 am to drive east of Bariloche
on graded gravel road to Comallo, then 10 km
south to where the Pearsons had seen mina
mounds before. We set up the tent along a dirt
road a little ways off the highway (=gravel road).
We set off in three different directions to set
traps -set all the Sherman and snap traps.
Peg 26 large Shermans, 37 snap traps. Anita
30 Large Shermans and 30 snaps, Payne set 56 near
the mine mounds.
10 km S Comallo, 2900 ft., Prov. Rio Negro, Argentina
Fri Nov.26 We checked traps once before dark last night,
and Anita had caught 1 Abrothrix xanthorhina,
1 Eligmodontia morgeni, and 1 Phyllotis
so these animals were all active in daylight.
We checked traps first thing in the morning, and
found that the majority of the