RODENTIA: CAPROMYIDAE 641 



Type Locality. — Wooded parts of southern Cuba. Range. — Cuba, from west 

 end eastward to Trinidad; recorded from Trinidad, Cardenas, Matanzas, Santa 

 Cruz del Norte, Santiago de las Vegas, Cabanas, San Diego de los Bafios, "Berge 

 S. Cubas, Partido de las Piedras, Macuriges, Masmariges" (Mohr, op. cit., p. 56) . 



Capromys prehensilis pallidus Peters 



1865. C[apromys] pallidus Peters, Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1865, 



p. 384, footnote. 

 1939. Mysateles prehensilis pallidus Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 48, 



p. 58, May 1939. 

 Type Locality. — Cuba. Range.— Known from vicinity of Trinidad, Cuba. 



Capromys prehensilis poeyi Guerin 



1834. Capromys poeyi Guerin, Mag. Zool., Paris, Ann. 4, CI. I, pi. 15. 



1939. Mysateles prehensilis poeyi Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 48, p. 



57, May 1939. 

 Type Locality. — Cuba. Range.— Recorded at Trinidad, Cuba. 



Capromys prehensilis gundlachi Chapmanf* 



1901. Capromys prehensilis gundlachi Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 14, p. 317, Nov. 12, 1901. 

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



48, p. 59, May 1939. 

 Type Locality. — Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba. Range. — Isle of Pines. 



Capromys melanurus melanurus Peters* 



1864. Capromys melanurus Peters, Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864, 



p. 384. 

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



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

 1939. Mysateles melanurus melanurus Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 



48, p. 59, May 1939. 

 Type Locality. — Manzanillo, Oriente Province, southeastern Cuba. Range. — 

 Southeastern Cuba, in forests of Sierra Maestra, especially in eastern part of 

 Oriente Province; recorded at Manzanillo, Turquino, Yao Arriba, Holguin, San 

 Luis, Cuabitas, Portillo and Los Negros (Mohr, op. cit., p. 60). 



Capromys melanurus rufescens (Mohr) 



1939. Mysateles melanurus rufescens Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 

 48, p. 62, May 1939. 



Type Locality. — Manzanillo, Oriente Province, southeastern Cuba. Range. — 

 Known from type locality only. 



Capromys nana G. M. Allen* 



1917. Capromys nana G. M. Allen, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 6, p. 



54, Mar. 29, 1917. 

 1939. Mysateles nana Mohr, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 48, p. 63, May 



1939. 

 Type Locality. — Sierra de Halo Nuevo, Matanzas Province, Cuba. Range. — 

 Originally described from cave material; afterward found living (see G. M. Allen, 



