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Genus AGOUTI Lacepede. 



1799. Agouti Lacepede, Tableau des divisions, sous-divisions, 

 ordres et genres des mammiferes, p. 9 (Published as supple- 

 ment to Discours d'ouverture et de cloture du cours d'liistoire 

 naturelle et tableaux metliodiques des mammiferes et des 

 oiseaux). Type, Mus pacahmi^MVs. 



* Agouti paca virgatus Bangs. 



1885. Coelogenys paca True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 1902. Agouti paca virgatus Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



vol. 39, p. 47. April, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Divala, Chiriqui, Panama. 



Family ERETHIZONTID^. 



Subfamily erethizontin^. 



Genus ERETHIZON F. Cuvier. 



1822. Ereihizon F. Cuvier, Mem. mus. hist, nat., Paris, vol, 9, 

 p. 426. Type, Hystrix dorsata Linn^us. 



*Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum (Linn?eus). 



1758. [Hystnx] dorsata Linn^us, S3'st. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 57. 

 1822. E[rethizon] dorsatum F. Cuvier, Mem. mus. hist, nat., 



Paris, vol. 9, p. 432. 

 1885. Ereihizon dorsatus dorsatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 7 (1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Eastern Canada. 



*Erethizon dorsatum picinum Bangs. 



1900. Erethizon dorsatus picinus Bangs, Proc. New England 



Zool. Club, vol. 2, p. 37. September 20, 1900. 

 Type Locality. — L'Anse au Loup, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador. 



'^Erethizon epixanthum epixanthum Brandt. 



1835. Erethizon epixanthus Brandt, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci., St. 



Petersbourg, ser. 6, vol. 3, p. 390. 

 1885. Erethizon dorsatus epixanthus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 7 (1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Northwestern America. 



t*Erethizon epixanthum couesi Mearns. 



1897. Erethizon epixanthus couesi Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 19, p. 723. July 30, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Whipple, Yavapai County, Arizona. 

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