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neka A Mostrani 1992
journal 17
Ilhabela Ilha de São Sebastião-SP
more long growth forest. There are some old banana
plantations along the trail, and in some parts the
forest looks really zany, with only thin and
short trees. But in some other area, the trees,
in general are bigger and the understory less dense.
We heard from the locals that there are lots of
'little rat' and jaguatirica (Felis pardalis) around.
Today we saw a small squirrel, just by our Tomahawn #1, at the beginning of the trail. "Marquinho"
The guy that takes care of the bar at the Fazenda,
has been helping us in carrying the bundle of trap
across the river (just down from the falls 'Cachoeira
da Toca' that gives the name to the farm). People in
general are extremely nice here on the island.
We set 32 more Tomahawns (now there are
72 set) and 57 Shermans (now they are 123 set).
In the 106 we set yesterday we caught: 8
Proechimys (on the ground or on logs, fallen); 2
Philander (one of them a small one in a Sherman!);
1 Monodelphis americana with the 3 dark stripe
along its back; and 2 Oryzomys. Nothing was
caught in the traps set up in the trees! I was
certainly disappointed. But Chico, the owner
of the farm, said there are 'iguaigucas', what
seems to be some kind of Marmosa by his description.
At home we inject a yeast into 2 of each of the