Argentina field notes, v1528
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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-