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Rio San Miguel, 13°25'N Dept, San Miguel
Feb., 2, 1926 - Feb., 21, 1926
Armodillo - Armodillo;
These mammals were frequently
encountered at night, although their
eyes never shone I could hear
them for some distance as they
rambled about through the dead
and fallen leaves searching
for food. They favored wild
pineapple hedges where the
vegetation was so dense that it
was impossible to locate them.
Armodillos that I saw at night
travelled along quite briskly with
drooping head and tail only to
stop suddenly and search about
under dead leaves or root into
a rotten log. They apparently
pay no attention to a light
and will come up quite close until
they detect ones presence & by
sniffing then they dash off
through the brush at a surprising
pace. Stomach contents of
specimens taken contained beetles,
grubs, worms, thousand legged worms,
spiders, etc.