Mustranai, Meika A. 1993 journal 41 Hotel Sta Monica the forest, going uphill. Altitude goes from ±600m (close to the hotel) to 700m (at the end of the trapline). Alexandre, a park ranger from PNI who has taken a 2-week course in taxidermy, came to accompany us in the work. The Hotel is located at the end of a ±5km dirt road that leaves BR (Dutra rd.) more or less 1.5km south of the road police station, which is a few kilometers north of the town of Itatiaia. Traps were set for 2 night only (20 the first night, 40 total the 2nd night), totalling 180 trapnights. It rained heavily all day long on the first and third days of our stay. Trapping wasn't very successful: 2 species of rodents and 2 species of marsu- pials. Temperature was around 20°C day and night. Raining season is definitely starting! Moon is waxing. We left on the Friday 24th of September. Ibicuí, Município de Mangaratiba - RJ We arrived in Ibicuí, a little town in the município of Mangaratiba on the 25th of September, Saturday. We came from Rio de Janeiro, it rained all day. Ibicuí