Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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D.A. Good 1980 Journal Canro Mozotul, Chiapas 13 December 2700 m locality: Steep hillsides with more mature trees than in the last locality 90 % Pinus and 10 % Betulaceae with a scattering of other species. Less understory except in [illegible] open patches. Many rock outcrops. 2800 m locality: much wetter. Solid stands of Betulaceae, pines, and open areas with brush. Perhaps 40% Pinus, 40% Betulaceae and 20% open. Weather today cold + foggy in morning (ca. 8°C) with the clouds clearing off the mountain top by 0745. Then progressively warmer to perhaps 22-24°C by mid afternoon. Clouds formed in the valleys around Mozotul by late afternoon and the summit was clouded over by dusk. Wind light today 14 December Up 7:45. Went out to check traps from 8-8:30. Caught 1 Reithrodontomys sp. (one of the Peromyscus from yesterday was also a Reithrodontomys and was caught in almost the same place as the one today) and 1 Peromyscus. I then returned to the car and went out salamander hunting until 1200 while Duke + Ed worked with the mice near the car. I found no salamanders though I tore down many bromeliads and turned over many rocks + logs. I also tore the bark off of stumps whenever I came upon one in the right condition. Also worthy of note for the morning was that Duke finally (after much worry) got his [illegible] - 2 in fact. After having a bite of lunch we packed up and went down to the 2700 m locality to pull the traps since Duke wanted to set all of them out at the 2800 m locality where we camped and where we caught the 2