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Myral Long
1969
Journal
80
Aug. 18 (cont.)
2 km. W Piculle Pass, 6500 ft., Depto. Lambayeque, Peru.
There is a buffy streak near the pectoral region
but on the right side. The fur is somewhat
short and lax. Dr. Koford caught 8 mice -- 4
Phyllotis andinus, 1 Marmoso
[illegible]
albodon (very dark), and 1 large
Oryzomyus-type. Ray caught 2 Phyllotis + 1 Albodon.
The large mouse that Dr. Koford caught is still alive.
It has a very long tail, is dark yellowish in color,
and has small ears + a rounded face. Perhaps
it is a jungle-type mouse on the west side of the
Andes. Ray + Dr. Koford shot several lizards.
I injected the 4 live mice and we put up most of
the other mice. I checked my Pardalops and saw
3 young. Apparently, the little size is fairly small. D.
Koford caught 2 pregnant females -- one with 3
embryos + one with four.
Aug.
8:00 p.m. We set traps again. We are camped about
1.5 km. above our trapping place (which is 2 km. W
of the pass). Between our old trapping place + our
complete Ray set about 30 small slammers along a
rush fence. Dr. Koford + I each set 34 snap
traps up the brushy, rocky slope where he
had caught the Phyllotis, Marmosa, Albodon, +
jungle mouse. The vegetation is fairly thick
there, with thorny bushes and bamboo and
other growth. I set at holes within rock
piles, fallen trees, + tree stumps. We got
dark here at around 6:30, when it was