COENDU. DASYPROCTA. :;:ir> 



ROTHSCHILD'S TREE PORCUPINE. 



Type locality. Sevilla Island, off Chiriqui, Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



837. Coendu mexicanum (Kerr). 



Hystrix mexicana Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 214. 



Hystrix novce-hispanice Briss., Regn. Anim., 1756, p. 127. 



Hystrix prehensilis Schreb., Saugth., iv, 1792, p. 603. 



Coendu mexicanum Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F, C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 402, figs. 77, LV. Zool. Ser. 

 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE. 



Type locality. Mountains of Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Mirador, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, south to Costa 

 Rica, Central America. 



n, Coendu n/r.vit'ifnitin uurutmtiir Thomas. 



Coendou mexicanum yucatania; Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., x, 1902, p. 249. 

 Coendu mexicanum yucataniae Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 



Indies, F. C, M. Pub., iv, Pt. I, 1904, p. 402. Zool. Ser. 

 YUCATAN TREE PORCUPINE. 



Type locality. Izamal, Yucatan. 



Geogr. Distr. Yucatan. Range unknown. 



838. Coendu laenatum Thomas. 



Coendou Icenatus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., xi, 1903, 



p. 381. 

 Coendu l&natum Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 



Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 402. Zool. Ser. 

 CHIRIQUI PORCUPINE. 



Type locality. Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 5,000 feet. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama. Range unknown. 



Family X. Ag;oiiti<lse. Agoutis, Paea. 



Genus 107. Dasyprocta. Agoutis. 



Dasyprocta Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 93. Type 



undetermined. 

 Cutia Liais, Climats, Geol., Faun., Geog. et Bot. Bresil, 1872, p. 



534- 



Myoprocta Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., xn, 1903, p. 

 464. 



