:l:in PROECHINOMYS. CAPROMYS. 



PANAMA SPINY RAT. 



Type locality. Savanna near City of Panama, Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama, Central America. 



824. Proechinomys burrus Bangs. 



Proechimys! Intrnis Bangs, Amer. Nat., xxxv, 1901, p. 640. 



Proechinomys burrus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 388. Zool. Ser. 

 SAN MIGUEL SPINY RAT. 



Type locality. San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Subfamily II. Capromyinae. 



Genus 103. Capromys. 



Capromys Desmarest, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i, 1822, p. 43. 



Type Capromys fournieri Desmarest == Isodon pilorides Say. 

 Geocapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1901, 



P- 3i4. 



Procapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1901, 

 p. 322. 



Subgcnus A. Capromys. 



825. Capromys pilorides (Say). 



Isodon pilorides Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., n, 1822, p. 333, 



% 

 Capromys fournieri Desm., Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1822, p. 43, 



pi. i. 



Capromys quemi Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 312. 

 Capromys pilorides Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1830, p. 313. Elliot, 

 Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 

 1904, p. 390, figs. 73, LII. Zool. Ser. 

 HAIRY HUTIA. 



Type locality. "South America, or one of the West Indian 

 Islands." Cuba? 



Geogr. Distr. Cuba. 



826. Capromys melanurus Poey. 



Caprotnys mchunirus Poey, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 

 I'.rrl., 1864, p. 384. Klliot, Mamm. Middle Amor. W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. I'ub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 391. Zool. Ser. 



