El Salvador field notes, v4501
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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.