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Subfamily Capromyin^. 



Genus CAPROMYS Desmarest.^ 



1822. Ca^Jromi/sDESMAREST, Mem. soc.liist.nat. Paris, vol. l,p.43. 

 Type, Capromysfoumieri Desmarest = Isodon pilorides Say. 



Subgenus Capromys Desmarest. 



*Capromys pilorides pilorides (Say). 



1822. I[sodo7i] pilorides Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 2, p. 333. 



1848. Capromys pilorides Waterhouse, Nat. Hist, of Mamm., 

 vol. 2, p. 287. 



1885. Capromys pilorides True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 

 (1884), p. 600. 1885. 



Type Locality. — "South America or one of the West Indian 

 islands." (Cuba.) 



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. 



*Capromys prehensilis prehensilis Poeppig. 



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



Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 11. 

 1885. Capromys preJiensilis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Wooded parts of southern Cuba. 



t*Capromys prehensilis gundlachi Chapman. 



1901. Caprom,ys prehensilis gundlachi Chapman, Bull. Amer. 



Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 317. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pmes, Cuba. 



*Capromys melanurus Poey. 



1864. Capromys melanurus Poey, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 



Wissensch. Berlin, p. 384. 

 1885. Capromys melanurus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol 7 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Manzanillo, Cuba. 



Capromys elegans Cabrera. 



1901. Capromys elegans Cabrera, Bol. de la soc. espanola 



de hist, nat., Madrid, vol. 1, p. 372. December, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Unknown; probably Cuba. 



1 Revised by Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 14, pp. 313-323, November 21, 1901. 



