El Salvador field notes, v4500
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him in trap and where it was caught upon opening its stomach we found hog fat and hair and a foot of pigeon he was in good flesh but not fat they are very destructive to live stock down here. December 30, 1926 No 12261 & 12262 was shot at night by trail in a small ditch about 2 mi west of Rio Gracoran I went down trail for a long ways going south but never saw any thing the wind blowing from north making a noise I decided to return on same trail had not gone very far when I saw both of them coming out of a small ditch the female was a head of male she come up to close for me to shoot her so I shot male first which was standing on his hind feet then the female ran across trail and in bush a short distance then she to stood up on hind feet to see what had took place these mammals have large red eyes when light is flashed on them