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Superfamily OCTODONTOIDEA 

 Family Capromyidae 

 Subfamily capromyinae 



Genus CAPROMYS 61 Desmarest (hutias) 

 1822. Capromys Desmarest, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 185, December 1822. 

 (Type, Capromys fournieri Desmarest = Isodon pilorides Say.) 



Subgenus CAPROMYS Desmarest 



Capromys pilorides pilorides (Say) * 



1822. I[sodon] pilorides Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 2, p. 



333, November 1822. 

 1822. Capromys fournieri Desmarest, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 1, p. 



43, pi. 

 1848. Capromys pilorides Waterhouse, A natural history of the Mammalia, 



vol. 2, p. 287. 

 1884. Capromys pilorides True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29), 



p. 600, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 Type Locality.— "South America or one of the West Indian islands." (Cuba.) 

 Range. — Recorded from San Diego de los Bafios, Matanzas, Cardenas, Trinidad, 

 El Guama, Daiquiri, Puerto Principe, Santiago de Cuba, and Bacanao (Mohr, 

 Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 48, p. 73, May 1939) . 



Capromys pilorides relictus G. M. Allen 



1911. Capromys pilorides relictus G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 

 54, p. 207, July 1911. 



Type Locality. — Casas Mountains, Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba. 

 Range. — Isle of Pines. 



Subgenus MYSATELES a2 Lesson 



1842. Mysateles Lesson, Nouveau tableau du regne animal, . . . Mammi- 

 feres, p. 124. (Type, Mysateles poeppingii Lesson = Capromys prehensilis 

 Poeppig.) 



Capromys prehensilis prehensilis Poeppig* 



1824. Capromys prehensilis Poeppig, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 



4, p. 11. 

 1884. Capromys prehensilis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 



29), p. 600, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 1939. Mysateles prehensilis preliensilis Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 



48, p. 55, May 1939. 



61 Revised by Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 14, pp. 313-323, November 12, 1901 ; 

 and by Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 48, pp. 51-80, May 1939. The Capromys elegans 

 of Cabrera (Bol. Soc. Espafiola Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 1, p. 372, December 1901), based on 

 a specimen supposed to have been collected in Cuba, proves to be a member of the Philip- 

 pine genus Phloeomys (see Cabrera, Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat., Madrid, No. 3, p. 30, 1912). 



63 Regarded as a valid subgenus by Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 48, p. 54, May 

 1939. 



