Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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Mammals of Li Chiang 1 Pachyura - Very abundant both in the rice dykes & the hedges. This species is highly carniv orous & partly ate many of the mice caught in traps. No gravid [illegible] obtained, active day & night 2 T'mpia I caught one in a trap set in a rose hedge but I saw some in the trees or garden walls. The village boys brought me 3 alive on strings which they had saved. These made great leaps when frightened & gave out a squealing cry. They were agile as weasel & could not be turned on their backs easily. The [illegible] has a long penis like clitoris in the base for which the vagina is placed & thus her sex organs closely resemble those of the male. No gravid females seen. 3 - Microtius - Tunnels & runways of this rodent were abundant in the