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J.R.
Akorn
1938
13
Citellus townsendi mollis
APR 18
1938
4 to 8 mi. W Fallon, 4000 ft. Churchill County, Nevada
All squirrels found (8 females and 9 males) dead after
poisoning were picked up and examined.
Sex
Total length of squirrel
Embryos Found
♀
8 13/16 inches Young born Fallopian tube empty & flabby.
♀
8 7/16 inches
10 embryos 13/16 inch in diameter.
♂
8 3/16 inches
_
♂
8 5/16 inches
_
♂
8 13/16 inches
_
♂
8 7/16 inches
_
♂
9 3/16 inches
_
♂
9 inches
_
♂
8 14/16 inches
_
♀
8 9/16
Young born Fallopian tube empty and flabby.
♀
9 1/16
Young born Fallopian tube empty and flabby.
♀
8 19/16
Young born Fallopian tube empty and flabby.
♀
9
Young born Fallopian tube empty and flabby.
♀
9
11 embryos 3/16 inch in diameter.
♂
7 13/16
_
♂
8 13/16
_
♀
9 3/16
Young born Fallopian tube flabby.
I picked up one female ground squirrel today and cut
her open and found sixteen (16) embryos in her that
were 7/10 developed 5 mi. W Fallon.
APR 11
Pineute Ground Squirrels picked up today as follows:
2 were males; 4 were females; one female had 9 embryos,
7/10 developed and three females were being suckled.