NORTH AMERICAN RECENT MAMMALS. 441 



*Boromys torrei G. M. Allen. 



1917. Boromys torrei G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool,, 



vol. 61, p. 6. January, 1917. 

 Type Locality. — Cavern in the Sierra de Hato Nuevo, Province 

 of Matanzas, Cuba. 



Kno'vvn only from remains found in caves. 



Genus CAPROMYS Desmarest." (Hutias.) 



1822. Capromys Desmarest, Bull. soc. philomath. Paris, 1822, 

 p. 185. December, 1 822. Type, Caprojnys fournieri Di^aMA- 

 KE8T= Isodon pilorides Say. 



Subgenus CAPROMYS Desmarest. 



*Capromys pilorides pilorides (Say). 



1822. I[sodon] pilorides Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



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. ^\llen. 



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 preJiensilis Poeppig, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 11. 

 1885. Capromys prehensilis 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. Capromys preJiensilis gundlachi Chapman, Bull Amer. 



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

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



* Capromys melanurus Peters. 



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



Wissensch. Berhn, p. 384. 

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



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Manzanillo, Cuba. 



9 Revised by Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 14, pp. 313^23, Nov. 12, IS'Ol. The Capromys 

 elegans of Cabrera (Bol. Soc. Espafl. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 1, p. 372, December, 1901) based on a specimen 

 supposed to have been collected in Cuba, prove.i to be a member of the Philippine penns Phlaomps. f See 

 Cabrera. Trab. Mus. Cien. Nat., Madrid, No. 3, p. .30, 1912.) 



