NORTH AMERICAN" LAND MAMMALS. 287 



Subgenus Geocapromys Chapman. 



1901. Geocapromys Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 14, p. .314. November 12, 1901. Type, Capromys 

 Jjroivnii Fischer. 



*Capromys brownii Fischer. 



1830. C[apromys\ hrownii Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium, 



Addenda, p. 389 ( = 589). 

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



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 1901. Capromys hrownii Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 320. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Jamaica. 



t*Capromys thoracatus (True). 



1889. Capromys hrachyurus thoracatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 11 (1888), p. 469. September 3, 1889. 

 1901. Capromys thoracatus Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 321. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Little Swan Island, Gulf of Honduras, 



*Capromys ingrahami Allen. 



1891. Capromys ingrahami Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 3, p. 329. August 31, 1891. 

 Type Locality. — Plana Key, Bahama Islands. 



Genus PLAGIODONTIA F. Cuvier. 



1836. Plagiodontia F. Cuvier, Ann. sci. nat., ser. 2, vol. 6, 

 p. 347. Type, Plagiodontia sedium F. Cuvier. 



Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier. 



1838. Plagiodontia sedium F. Cuvier, Ann. sci. nat., ser. 2, vol. G, 



p. 347. 

 1885. Plagiodontia xdium. True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type Locality.— Santo Domingo. 



Family DASYPROCTID^. 

 Genus DASYPROCTA Illiger. 



1811. Dasyprocta Illiger, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, p. 93. 

 Type. — Mus aguti Linnaeus. 



*Dasyprocta albida Gray. 



1842. Dasyprocta albida Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 



10, p. 264. December, 1842. 

 1885. Dasyprocta cristata, True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 

 (1884), p. 600. 1885. 



