CAPROMYS. 



77. Capromys. 



389 



Capromys Desmarest, Me"m. Soc. d'Hist. Nat., i, 1822, p. 43. Type 

 Capromys fonrnicri Desmarest = Isodon piloridcs Say. 



Geocapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1901, p. 314. 



Procapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1901, p. 322. 



Incisors moderate; upper molars with one internal and two 

 external enamel folds; ear rather small; tail long; form slender; 

 habits arboreal. 



FIG. 73. CAPROMYS PILORIDES. 

 No. 1140 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. *, nat. size. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 

 A. Tail long. 



a. Above reddish chestnut and black, to reddish PAGE 



brown and black; beneath yellowish white. C. pilorides 390 



