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Mustrangí, Meika A. 1993
journal 32
E.B. Boracéia-SP
inside. A young (very) Proechimys without its front
left leg was also found dead in a Tomahawk. A
Delomys (probably) was also found dead and half
eaten in another Tomahawk. One of the 'tovaqui-
nhas' was also found dead, and the Tomahawk
10m away from its original place. One Sherman
had one of its walls torn, as if an animal had
tried to tear it open at one of the doors, there
was no captured animal inside it when we found
it.
A male and female of Oryzomys were found trapped
together in the same Tomahawk. The female was
death, but the male seemed fine.
Along the forest edge we caught only 2 individuals:
1 Oryzomys and 1 Akodon (out of 15x5 = 75 trap-
nights there). Antonio caught 2 Oligoryzomy< in-
side his house.
Trapping success amounted to 87/135x5 = 13%,
quite high, but diversity was lower than expected.
We didn't get Marmosops incanus, of which Brea Patterson
caught 5 individuals here last year, in the same
month! I would like to return in "new moon" and
try trapping again.
Proechimys is not so common here, as in Ubatuba
(Fund. capicóniu) and on São Sebastião Island. Ory-
zomys and Delomys are by far the most common
animals, according to trapping results.