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ruplicatus group by Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 97, p. 138, 

 Jan. 6, 1948; and as a subspecies of semispinosus by Moojen, Univ. Kansas 

 Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, No. 19, pp. 316, 317, Dec. 10, 1948.) 

 Type Locality. — Isla San Jose, Archipielago de las Perlas, Golfo de Panama, 

 Panama. Range. — Known from Isla San Jose only. 



Proechimys semispinosus panamensis Thomas* 



1900. Proechimys centralis panamensis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 



vol. 5, p. 220, February 1900. 

 1900. Proechimys centralis chiriquinus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 

 vol. 5, p. 220, February 1900. (Bogava [ = Bugaba], foothills of Volcan 

 de Chiriqui, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 800 feet.) 

 1920. Proechimys semispinosus panamensis Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll.. 

 vol. 69, No. 5, p. 120, Apr. 24, 1920. (Regarded as a subspecies of semi- 

 spinosus by Moojen, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, No. 19, 

 p. 316, Dec. 10, 1948.) 

 Type Locality. — Savanna of Panama (near city of Panama) , Panama. 

 Range. — Eastern Panama (recorded from Tacarcuna (2,650 feet), Boca de Cupe, 

 Tapalisa, and El Real in Darien by Anthony, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 35, 

 p. 370, June 9, 1916; from Rio Jesucito and Rio Esnape in Darien by G. M. Allen 

 and Barbour, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 65, No. 8, p. 264, February 1923; from 

 Cana i« Darien and Gatiin in Canal Zone by Goldman, op. cit., p. 122; and from 

 Barro Colorado Island in Canal Zone by Enders, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 78, 

 No. 4, p. 457, October 1925) and western Panama (recorded from Boqueron, 

 Bugaba and Divala in Chiriqui by Goldman, op. cit., p. 122). Recorded also 

 from Coto, Puntarenas, southwestern Costa Rica (Harris, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. 

 Univ. Michigan No. 476, p. 13, Oct. 8, 1943) ; and from San Jose and Puntarenas 

 Provinces in western Costa Rica (Goodwin, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 87, 

 p. 421, Dec. 31, 1946). 



Proechimys semispinosus rubellus Hollisterf * 



1914. Proechimys rubellus Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, 



p. 57, Mar. 20, 1914. 

 1920. Proechimys semispinosus rubellus Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 69, No. 5, p. 120, Apr. 24, 1920. (Regarded as a subspecies of semi- 

 spinosus by Moojen, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, No. 19, 

 p. 316, Dec. 10, 1948.) 

 Type Locality. — Angostura Valley, Cartago, Costa Rica. Range. — Rio Reven- 

 tazon and Rio Pacuare Valleys, Costa Rica (Goodwin, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 87, p. 421, Dec. 31, 1946) . Recorded also from San Carlos, Alajuela, 

 Costa Rica (Harris, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 476, p. 14, Oct. 8, 

 1943). 



Genus ECHIMYS " F. Cuvier 

 1809. Echimys F. Cuvier, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, No. 24, p. 394, September 

 1809. (Type, by subsequent selection (Fleming, The philosophy of 

 zoology; . . . , vol. 2, p. 191, May or June, 1822), Myoxus chrysurus Zim- 

 mermann.) 



"For use of the name Echimys in place of Loncheres see Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 8, vol. 18, p. 71, July 1916. According to J. A. Allen, Proc. Biol. Soc Washington, 



