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Pearson
1986
22
Reithrodon
april 16 20 km NE Barebols (1st Summit)
86-1 ♂ 221 x 82 x 34 x 26 96 g, epidid tubes barely visible,
incisors 2.52 s.v. 12 mm j/prob., past breeding, stomach green,
Tanta 6 adult sl. (flot)
86-2 ♂ 210 x 82 x 34 x 27 68 g, 505, tuber not visible,
incisors 2.11 stomach green.
86-3 ♀ [215] x [71] x 32 x 25 88 g, wt. adult 1½ ma no scars,
incisors 2.42 pelvis not open.
86-4 ♀ 232 x 95 x 32 x pelvis sl. open. Parous
incisors 1.22 x 2
all hind feet with white fur on dorsal side and
black fur on medial side (heel to plantar tuberels),
only two (large) tuberels at base of the 3 long
caudal toes.
The above 4 were photographed between 9:00 and
11:45 (dark at 8:30). Saw about 8 individuals but
some of them were shy and I couldn't get a shot,
I left seeing the same individuals near the same place,
never two, and once shot no other over at that
place. Also saw some between 4:45 and 5:45.
One shot and missed was sticking its head out
of a sandy burrow in the cypress grove just below
the road. I returned a few minutes later, and it
was looking at me from in the burrow and let
me touch it, but I expanded the burrow in the
morning and found none. The hunting impression
was one of "territorial" animals (2 males, 2 females)
Saw no juveniles.
Three of the four shot individuals had green veget-