Brazil field notes, v1503
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Mustangi, Meika A. 1994 journal 63 E. B. Boraceia like This before. Jim + Carol caught 22 animals, Gustavo and I caught 4. I caught a Northern group Marmosops !, in a grove on the side of the road, in a long Sherman tied on a fallen tree, not more than 0.5m from the ground. Bait here is banana, goiabada (=guava preserve) and peanut butter, sometimes some raisings. Today we caught many species, including! Didel- phis marsupialis, Marmosops incanus, Akodon, Delomys dorsalis, and subli- neatus, Oryzomys, Oxymycterus and Proechimys. I'm catalogued today. The forest seems drier than I've seen before. I wonder what are how strong the cold here is. (or the dry season). We caught Delomys and Proechimys females with embryos. Jim and I are alternating cataloguing animals. Liver and kidney tissue samples are being saved for all animals, only in liquid nitrogen. We are Kayotyping rodents. 29 July Léo (Leonora Costa) and Yuri Leite arrived today to spend Jim's last two