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Cerros de la Carpintera, 2 km S (by road) San Diego
Prov. San Jose, Costa Rica
1450 m
19 July trapped Heteronmys. Ed + Duke set traps in similar or the same habitats. of ~240 traps we caught
6 Scotinomy's teguina + 1 Orizomy's alfaro'. One
Scotinomy's (PUB 741) yielded a single late term embryo
and another (PUB 746) had a somewhat smaller embryo.
741 embryo was separately placed in formalin whereas
the entire carcass of 746 was fluid-preserved. The
Scotinomy's are diurnal - we heard them singing
around the car this a.m. while we worked. Their jivkings last night (trap success that is) - perhaps because
of the disturbed nature of the entire area. The whole
canyon is inhabited by Costa Ricans - look somewhat
like Daly City - row upon row of homes. Prefab.
Oscar's home, however, was hand-made + sits up
higher in the canyon. He slept in his 2nd room.
Drank coffee w/ he + his wife last night and again
w/ Oscar this morning.
San Jose Hwy 2
Tres Rios -> Cartago
~ dirt road
(there are usual dirt roads - and getting to them
from the Carretera Interamericana is a royal pain).