Field journal : Archbold 1936 New Guinea Exp. February 27, 1936 to July 8, 1937
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L. 17. P. 6. And claus, mammary formula 1-2=6. The skull is short thick, young enough for the tooth pattern to be seen clearly, large parotid glands, quite small eyes. On the whole one surmises that this is a terrestrial, slightly saltatorial type of mammal of the dog family. Possibly it represents openings made by the fall of large front teeth. It had two embryos- neither side. Body preserved in formalin. The stomach contents though very finely divided suggest insect and fruit diet. This afternoon continued a long new tree for tree line that I began this morning. Rebuilt my 10 experimental traps with construction bait. Sunday, May 21. Yesterday evening managed to shoot two of a number of small bats which fly out the clearing at dusk & dawn (early dusk & late dawn). They prove on examination to be members of Emballonura, subg. Troca. Their flight is wildly erratic & butterfly- like. Nothing in trees unfortunately. Mammals certainly come in slowly here. We have 9 species and only 13 openings altogether. The macroglottus is probably distinct from the species at Davao and Mahidulana on account of its semi-complete lack of a tail. Another large Hippideris was brought in and two species