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Journal
Hafuer, M-S.
1978
23 March
0630 awoke and checked traps. No captures.
Spent most of the day sitting and
waiting for success. We slept in the
early P.M. in a nice shady spot. I
captured one ♂ Ttygogeomys ca. 1400.
JCH 1368 (see below)
Ventral View
Ant.
↑
Colon
Vesicular Glands (tucked under
pubic bones)
Pubis bone
Main body of tract (urethra)
I returned to camp and prepared this
specimen as an alcoholic. Again, a
young ♂. (Counting the 3 specimens
John and I captured here last summer,
we have captured a total of 5 Ttygo's,
all have been immature ♂♂ - based
on the state of the reproductive tract.)
1630 JCH captured a large ♂ Ttygogeomys.
We returned to camp and prepared the
specimen. Finally, we have an adult
♂ (sperm, reprod. tract, phallus, etc!).
(we are now 6-for-6 males). When
preparing the reproductive tract, I
noted that the vesicular glands were