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Puerto del Triunfo, Dept. Usulutan
Dec., 28, 1925 - Jani., 25, 1926
Sigmodon
cotton Rat- Raton de Jacate
Sigmodonts were found commonly
in the bruley banana grove at the
north east corner of the village where
they were taken primarily at the
bases of and under the tall heavy
grass. [See Oryzomys notes]. In the banana
grove Sigmodonts were found in
association with Oryzomys, ochreous-
rumpled-mice, and spiny-pocket mice.
Specimens taken ranged in size from
a 182 m.m.l. immature female to a 289 m.m.
l. adult male. No. 110&4 I was trapped
in a grassy pasture north west of the
village. Here the heavy grass was
about eight feet high in lower places
while in other parts of the pasture
it had been grazed down considerably.
In this heaviest grass I caught a
Grato Nutria(Felis ) in a trap
baited with a Groove-Billed Ani. Along the
west end of the pasture was [illegible]
much catclaw through which one
could go only by following cow trails.
This pasture probably covered about
ten acres.