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Herdriesham
1950
Caluromys
Oct. 25 5km N. Villavieja, 1400ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A.
Felipe Gutierrez our neighboring farmer,
brought a living animal to camp at
about noon. We purchased it for
50 centavos. (#1455). He had found it
"in a banana raceme in a banana
patch located about on the E.
bank of the Magdalena R." about
4 blocks N of the mouth of Quebrada
Lajas.
Villavieja
Magdalena R.
Quebrada
Lajas
locality of collection of
#1455
Quebrada
S. of camp
Carbatana
R.R. tracks
The eyes were very prominent, with a warm
light-brown iris covering all the exposed
portion. The pupil contracted to a minute
pin-point in sunlight, to about 2mm.
diameter in the shade. It proved exceedingly
hard to kill by crushing the thorax, but
died almost instantaneously upon receiving
a cardiac injection of formalin. The scrotal
sac was a blue-black, due to the color
of the outer testis coat showing through the