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D.O. Straney
1977
101
Dec. cont'd.
Glossophaga were taken. Few Carolia. Got:
1 Phyllostomus discolor, 3 Pt. pamellii, 2 Sturmira, 6 Carolia,
6 Glossoplaga, 6 A. lituratus, 11 A. Jamaicensis, {21 Desmody
(56 bats).
Nets up by 9:45 then returned to the bus
stop 0.2mi N of the hotel for some cokes which
passed for dinner. Then to the motel and 2hrs
of processing yesterdays bats, most of whom died
during the day. Also took tissues from a Philander
Dam leaned with a rock after he saw it trying
to eat an A. jamaicensis caught in the net.
Ventrally, the possum has a medial dusty yellow
and white base
washi, particularly noticeable over throat & marsupium.
The inside of the thighs is more brownish. Dorsal
coloration was a deep charcoal grey w/ some white tipping
of scattered hairs. A handsome beast. To bed by
1:30.
11 Dec.
Matias Romero, Day. to Arrecife, this.
Up an unplanned late at 9:10. Breakfast at the
hotel then on the road by 10:30. Drove
to La Ventosa, then up past Tapanatepeque
the Tuxtla Rd. Stopped 11 Km. NE Tapanatepeque
at a place Terry Johnson claimed was
excellent. It looks it. It is the first bridge
on this road, and a small dirt road passes
under the bridge to a waterfall. Started