CAPROMYS. aai 



Black-tailed Hutia. 



Type locality. Manzanillo, Cuba. 

 Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 



827. Capromys prehensilis Poeppig. 



Capromys preJiensilis Poeppig, Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1824, 

 p. II. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 391. Zool. Ser. 

 Prehensile-tailed Hutia. 



Type locality. Southern Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 



a. Capromys pyehensilis ^Jindhtchi Chapman. 



Capromys prehensilis gundlachi Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., 1901, p. 317. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 392. Zool. Ser. 

 Gundlach's Hutia. 



Type locality. Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, near Cuba. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



828. Capromys elegans Latorre. 



Capromys elegans Latorre, Bol. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. Madrid, i, 

 1901, p. 372. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 392. Zool. Ser. 

 Lanceolate-spot Hutia. 



Type locality. Cuba? 



Geogr. Distr. Range unknown. 



Subgenus B. Geocapromys. 



829. Capromys browni Fischer. 



Capromys brownii Fisch., Syn. Mamm., Addend., 1830, p. 389. 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. I, 1904, p. 393, fig, 74. Zool. Ser. 

 Short-tailed Hutia. 



Type locality. Jamaica. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



830. Capromys thoracatus (True). 



Capromys brachyurus thoracatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, 

 p. 469. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 394. Zool. Ser. 

 White-banded Hutia. 



Type locality. Little Swan Island, Gulf of Honduras. 



Geogr. Distr. Known from the type locality only. 



