Journal Hafner, H.S. 1978 3.6 km. (by road) N Arteaga, Michoacán, México, 27 March nearer to Arteaga (above locality). In the last (cont) set checked, we caught a ♀ Orthogeomys. The animal was large, but not as large as we had expected. She was nearly unfurred, with an "opossum-like" pelage. We kept this specimen alive and returned to town where Patti called her mother to check on Jim - all's OK. I must call the airport later to confirm our reservations. 1000 we returned to the above locality and rechecked traps - 1 Orthogeomys (grandis?) This was a ♂ and somewhat larger in size and more sparsely furred. The ears were also large for gophers - the entire head gave the appearance of a small hippopotamus! We reset the extra traps and returned to Arteaga where we bought cucumbers for the gophers (and ourselves) and wrote up field notes. 1230 I called México City to confirm our reservations for the flight home. 1245 we departed Arteaga and pulled the traps at both localities. At the locality 3.6 km N Arteaga we measured some Orthogeomys mounds (as we had done for the Tyxogecomys?) We then departed this region and drove