COENDU. DASYPROCTA. 335 



Rothschild's Tree Porcupine. 



Type locality. Sevilla Island, off Chiriqui, Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



837. Coendu mexicanum (Kerr). ' 



Hystrix ntexicana Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 214. 



Hystrix novce-his panics Briss., R^gn. Anim., 1756, p. 127. 



Hystrix prehensilis Schreb., Saugth., iv, 1792, p. 603. 



Coendu mexicanum Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 402, figs. 77, LV. Zool. Ser. 

 Prehensile-tailed Porcupine. 



Type locality. Mountains of Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Mirador, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, south to Costa 

 Rica, Central America. 



a. Coendu mexicanum yucatanicp Thomas. 



Coendou mexicanum yucatanice Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., X, 1902, p. 249. 

 Coendu mexicanum yucatanice Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 402. Zool. Ser. 

 Yucatan Tree Porcupine. 



Type locality. Izamal, Yucatan. 



Geogr. Distr. Yucatan. Range unknown. 



838. Coendu Isenatum Thomas. 



Coendou Icenatus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., xi, 1903, 



p. 381. 

 Coendu Icenatum Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 



Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 402. Zool. Ser. 

 Chiriqui Porcupine. 



Type locality. Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 5,000 feet. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama. Range unknown. 



Family X. A^outidae. Aji^ontii^, Paca. 



Genus 107. Da.syprocta. A^^outis. 



Dasyprocta Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 181 1, p. 93. Type 

 undetermined. 

 Cutia Liais, Climats, G^ol., Faun., Geog. et Bot. Br^sil, 1872, p. 



534- 

 Myoprocta Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., xii, 1903, p. 

 464. 



