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Reaver
1986
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Rattlebox (cont.)
May 2 2 km E Pinto Moreno. Counted pallets from the
brush at the Brick Pit toward the SE, every 3 meters,
area of loop: 0.155 m²:
Rattler Hare Sheep
43 34 93
58 4 13
7 34 85
1 41 53
0 21 16
May 3 Sat.
±86-16 ½ km E Estes Pinto Moreno. Caught by Milton Gellard
age 4 2.75
in steel trap into a burrow. A teco from close by had
attacked it, pulled out one eye, then buried the whole
animal with dirt pushed out of a burrow:
Vagina closed, sup. nod. ut. white, 12 cm,
♀ 227×83×32×26 80 g. no scars, pelvis not open,
caught along the fence on the road side of HARR, about
50 yds east of the car, 0
my 9 cage traps and Gellard's/ aquila 37. Tharman
on microwire Hill, still no Rattler.
May 3/4 Went back alone to 3.6 and 4 km E Pinto Moreno
to flashlight. Clear, calm, occasional breeze, with
NVG from 7:45 to 8:39 into the turf at 3.6 km. Saw
one Rattler at the last bend among queens, broom
and brush. Could not identify it. It was shittled
but no clear view. It popped a couple of times
and disappeared about 5 m away. Pogo = a
vertical hop one to 6 inches high, usually at