390 



CAPROMYS. 



b. Above yellowish brown, beneath paler C. 



c. Above dark reddish brown, beneath yellow- 



ish tinged with reddish posteriorly C. 



d. Above buffy black and ferrugineous ; under 



parts buffy white C. p, 



e. Above brilliant yellowish red; grayish red 



spot on back 



B. Tail short. 



a. Above mixed black and golden brown; be- 



neath yellowish 



b. Above blackish brown, chest white, belly 



yellowish gray C. 



c. Above mixed yellowish brown, gray, and 



black; beneath pale yellowish brown C. 



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melanurus 391 



prehensilis 391 



gundlachi 392 



. C. elegans 392 



. C. browni 393 



thoracatus 394 



ingrahami 394 



FIG. Lll. CAPROMYS PILORIDES. HAIRY HUTIA. 



A. Oapromys. 



407. pilorides (Isodon), Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., n, 

 1822, p. 333, fig. 



fournieri Desm., Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat., 1822, p. 43, pi. i. 



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

 HAIRY HUTIA. 



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

 Islands." Cuba? 



Geogr. Distr. Cuba. 



Genl, Char. Size large; tail long, sparsely haired; muzzle white. 



Color. Variable; above reddish chestnut and black, the hairs 

 being black, tipped with reddish chestnut, darkest on median line 

 and paler on the sides where the hairs are tipped with yellowish 

 brown; nose and sides of head white, mixed with blackish and yel- 



