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Grenada. We obtained one specimen in a trap baited with meat in 

 the heavy forest at Grand Etang, 1800 feet; and the people in the 

 lowlands were also well acquainted with it. Among the Grenadines, 

 Mr. Austin H. Clark informs me that it occurs on Carriacou and Isle 

 Ronde as well. Its local name is "manicou gros-yeux," in reference 

 to the apparent size of the eyes due to the large black orbital spots. 

 The possibility of its having been introduced from Trinidad is, of 

 course, to be considered, although the likelihood of its having been 

 carried to the small Grenadines, Carriacou and Isle Ronde, may seem 

 rather small. 



MEGALONICHIDAE. 



Megalonyx rodens (Castro). 



McgalocJuius rodens Castro, Anal. Real. Acad. Cien., Habana, 1864, 

 1, p. 58. 



. Notwithstanding the former doubt cast on the authenticity of 

 the Cuban fossil remains of this extinct sloth, it is now certain that 

 they were actually found on the island. The original specimen was 

 from the province of Cienfuegos; and additional localities are now 

 known, viz., Cardenas and between Santo Domingo and Sagna. 

 A discussion of these and other supposed Cuban remains of Equus, 

 Hippopotamus, and Mastodon is given by Vaughan (1902). More 

 recently Professor de la Torre (1910) has discovered additional re- 

 mains of this animal, sufficient largely to reconstruct its skeleton. In 

 his preliminary account of this find, he figures the teeth and claws, 

 and mentions especially a locality in the Sierra de Jatibonico, where 

 he personally excavated these bones from caverns, and found them 

 associated with bones of a crocodile, which, he suggests, may have 

 preyed upon the Megalonyx. 



DASYPODIDAE. 

 Dasypus novemcinctus hoplites, subsp. nov. 



Type.— Adult female, skin and skeleton No. 8116, M. C. Z., from 

 the hills back of Gouyave, island of Grenada, September 7, 1910; 

 collected by G. M. Allen. 



General characters. — In external characters, similar to Dasypus 



