El Salvador field notes, v4501
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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.