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Gliding Spiny Rat. 



Type locality. San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 102. Proeeliiiioiiiys. 



Proechimys {sic) Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1899, p. 264. 

 Type Echimys! triniiatis Allen & Chapman. 

 Echimys {sic) Geoff. St. Hilare, Ann. Scien. Nat., 2me S^r., x, 

 1838, p. 125. (nee G. Cuvier, 1809.) 



822. Proechinomys semispinosus (Tomes). 



Echimys! semispinosus Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, i860, p. 265. 

 Proechinomys semispinosus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 386. Zool. Set. 

 Short-spined Rat. 



Type. locality. Ecuador. 



Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua, south to Ecuador. 



823. Proechinomys centralis (Thomas). 



Echinomys centralis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., 



xviii, 1896, p. 312. 

 Proechinomys centralis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 386, fig. 72. Zool. Ser. 



NlCARAGTTAN SPINY RaT. 



Type locality. San Emilio, north end of Lake Nicaragua, Nica- 

 ragua. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Central America. 



a. Proachi iiojuys centralis ehiriqiutnts Thomas. 



Proechimys! centralis chiriquinus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., V, 1900, p. 220. 

 Proechinomys centralis chiriquinus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. 

 & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 387. Zool. Ser. 

 BoGAVA Spiny Rat. 



Type locality. Bogava, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 800 feet. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama, Central America. 



h. Prnechinoinys erntraUs pananirnjiis Thomas. 



Proechimys! centralis panamensis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., V, 1900, p. 220. 

 Proechinomys centralis panamensis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. 

 & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 387. Zool. Ser. 



