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Prairie Dog – at Valle Grande and San Ildefonso
Big whitish rats living at Ojo Caliente probably old individuals. Smell like skunk.
Skunk – striped black down middle, white stripes on side of black stripe.
Porcupine – Back in mts. sometimes in fields below, eat bark of trees
Pocket gopher – described making holes, carry dirt in pockets, push out, then cover over.
Tufted ear squirrel – lives in 'by' rock pine. Seem to have correct ideas of anatomy
Mole and shrew – described to them, but did not seem to know either.
Tufted ears have special name on squirrel.
Badger – described well. Told of badger getting angry and catching man by trousers and holding on until dragged long way to river.
Bears – Describe white, yellow, brown and black, Two kinds of white ones, one very large, one small. Describe stroke of forepaw.