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Pearson - 1988
Cerro Otto 1200m
Rio Negro
November 7, 1988
7531 F Akodon longipilis 174 68 23 15.5 33g.
skull only Vagina open. Nipple not seen. Vagina stout, 5.6mm; smear ?small
nucleated?; uterus fluidy, not vascular, 4.3mm. No uterine scars. Rt. ov 2
pink CL 1.5mm and no big folls; left ov. 6 pink CL of graded sizes up to
1.5mm and different degrees of pinkness. Punctured with a needle one pink
CL and one light pink CL, no fluid emerged. Cut off the fluidy uterine
horns and flushed with saline and looked for blastocysts. None found.
Pelvis open.
7532 F Akodon longipilis 175 67 24 16 46g.
skull only Vagina open, bloody, smear with all types of cells; Nipples med..
Pregnant 3 rt 3 left; 13mm CR, pelvis open; One ov. with 3 bright pink or
red corpora lutea. No large follicles. Other ovary, 3 bright pink corpora
lutea.
Uterus and contents weigh 5g.
7533 F Akodon longipilis 185 76 25 17 37g.
skull only Nipple medium large. Smear leukocytes. Right uterus, 2 obvious scars;
1 left. Uterus not vascular. Right ovary, 8 CL in graded sizes, 2 are
1.5mm. Different degrees of pinkness. Left ovary with 7 CL from small
(0.8mm), flesh-colored, to 1.5mm pink. Pelvis open, no mammary tissue.
Flushed uteri with saline: no blastocysts seen.
7534 M Akodon longipilis 178 71 24 15 42g.
skull only Testis 12, SV 18, adrenalSkull only triangular, 3mm.
7535 F Akodon longipilis 197 80 25 16 57g sic.
skull only Nipples large; vagina 5.2 x 15.0; smear leukocytes; pregnant, left
uterus with 5 fetuses 23mm CR, rt. uterus no fetuses; uterus and contents
weighs 13.5g. Fetus makes gasping motion. Rt. ov. with 4 or 5 small flesh-
colored CL about 1mm max.; left ov with 5 very conspicuous bright pink CL
about 1.5mm. Pelvis wide open; no mammary tissue!
7536 F Akodon longipilis 188 79 25 16.5 32g.
skull only Vagina open. Nipples small. Vagina stout, 4.6mm wide. Smear
leukocytes. Uterus thin, slightly vascular, 1.7mm diameter. No scars. Rt.
ovary 4 medium-pink CL all about 1.5 mm, 1 paler pink CL same size; left
ovary 2 med-pink CL and 2 paler, same size; pelvis not open. Flushed uteri
with saline: no blastocysts seen.