COENDU. 



401 



416. pallidum (Cercolabes) , Waterh., Mamm., n, 1848, p. 434. 

 LIGHT-COLORED PORCUPINE. 



Type locality. "West Indies"? 



Genl. Char. Fur soft; spines short; tail short, with slender spines 

 on upper part of basal half. 



Color. General color pale fulvous brown; limbs, lower part of 

 flanks, and under parts darker brown; muzzle and feet dusky brown; 

 tail brownish black; quills white, with black tips, hidden mostly in 

 the fur. 



Measurements. Total length, 513; tail, 193; hind foot, 53.3. 



417. rothschildi (Coendu), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ;th Ser., 



x, 1902, p. 169. 

 ROTHSCHILD'S TREE PORCUPINE. 



Type locality. Se villa Island, off Chiriqui, Panama. 



Genl. Char. Hair short; skull much inflated above orbits; nasal 

 aperture large; fourth premolar not larger than molars. 



Color. Profusely speckled with white; spines on back all tipped 

 with white. 



Measurements. Total length, 740; tail vertebrae, 330; hind foot, 

 with claws, 68. Skull: basilar length, 71; length of upper molar 

 series, 17.3. 



FIG. LV. COENDU MEXICANUM. MEXICAN TREE PORCUPINE. 



