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Dada, D.
1981
Journal
Mexico
Nov. 3 of town. Went into town to eat my
get well.
Nov. 4 Up at ~6:30 and its breakfast in a little
roodside restaurant in Oaultzingo. We returned
to the Puerto del Aire locality of yesterday.
I found three Chiropt. in bromeliads by
noon. These animals were quite small, but
active and probably Chiropt. like yesterday.
Then found five Tlorines, 2 in bromeliads and
3 on the ground. It appears that one of the
ground specimens may be a different species
from the other two, i.e. we may have three
species of Tlorine from here. Duke picked
up his traps. He got a Rhathrodonyx
of questionable species - maybe mexicanus and
a Paramyces Thomasi. This last animal
is quite exceptional. It is the first animal
of the pertinax superspecies of this complex
to be collected since 1898 - Only the
third known specimen. Duke was delighted
to say the least. Unfortunately the animal,
a female, appeared to be in bad shape.
We tried to find liquid nitrogen or dry
ice for tissue preservation in case the
animal died. We could find none in
Oregala or Cordoba. We decided to return