DASYPROCTA. 107 



Family Agoutidse. 

 Genus Dasyprocta (107). 



Dasyprocta punctata dariensis Goldman. 



Dasyprocta punctata dariensis Goldm., Smith. Misc. Coll., LX, 

 1913, No. 22, p. ii. 



Type locality. Near head of Rio Limon, Mount Pirri, eastern 

 Panama. Altitude 5200 feet. 



Genl. Char. Similar to D. punctata isthmica, but larger and darker. 



Color. Top of head, nape and shoulders mixed black and ochra- 

 ceous; hairs of back dusky, broadly tipped with orange-buff, no annu- 

 lations; hairs of rump dusky, with Naples-yellow tips; lips, chin, 

 median line of abdomen and inguinal region whitish; rest of under- 

 parts mixed black and buff; feet black. Ex type in United States 

 National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 610; tail, 25; hind foot, 133. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 111.5; Hensel, 84.4; zygomatic width, 

 51.1; intertemporal width, 35.4; length of nasals, 42.3; length of upper 

 molar series, 20.5; length of mandible, 55.1; length of lower molar 

 series, 22.2. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Dasyprocta punctata yucatanica Goldman. 



Dasyprocta punctata yucatanica Goldm., Smith. Misc. Coll., LX, 

 1913, No. 22, p. 12. 



Type locality. Apazote, Campeche, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to D. punctata but paler and grayer. 



Color. Top of head mixed rufous and black; upperparts mixed 

 black and pale tawny ochraceous; hairs annulated; chin, lips, inner 

 side of limbs, median line of abdomen and inguinal region pale buffy 

 tinged with yellow; sides of neck and abdomen, and chest like back 

 but paler, more gray; feet blackish with numerous hairs ringed with 

 buff. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 522; tail, 35; hind foot, 120. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 108; Hensel, 83; zygomatic width, 

 49.8; intertemporal width, 30.5; length of nasals, 44.5; length of 

 upper molar series, 19; length of mandible, 55.3.; length of lower molar 

 series, 20. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Dasyprocta punctata chiapensis Goldman. 



Dasyprocta punctata chiapensis Goldm., Smith. Misc. Coll., LX, 

 1913, No. 22, p. 13. 



