NORTH AMERICAN RECENT MAMMALS. 503 



Subfamily Cabassouin.e. 



Genus CABASSOUS McMurtrie. 



1831. Cahassous McMurtrie, Cuvier's Anim. Kingd., vol. 1, p. 

 164. Type, Basypus unicinctus Linn^us. 



For use of this name in place of the preoccupied Xenurus Wagler (Nat. 

 Syst. d. Amphibien, p. 36, 1830), see Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 13, p. 71, September 28, 1899. 



t*Cabassous centralis (^liller). 



1896. X[enurus\ hispidus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18 

 (1895), p. 345. July 8, 1896. (Not of Burmeister.) 



1899. Tatoua (Ziphila) centralis Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 13, p. 4. January 31, 1899. 



1899. C[ahassous] centralis Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 13, p. 72. September 28, 1899. 



Type Locality. — Chamelicon, Honduras. 



Order SIRENIA. (Seacows.) 



family TRICHECIIID/E. 



Genus TRICHECHUS Linnaeus. 



1758. Trichechus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 34. 

 Type, Trichechus manatus Linn-eus. 



♦Trichechus manatus Linnaeus. (Manatee). 



1758. [Tricheclius] manatus Linx^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 



p. 34. 

 1885. Trichechus manatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 588. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — West Indies. (See Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 1911, p. 132, March, 1911.) 



♦Trichechus latirostris (Harlan). (Florida Manatee). 



1823. Manatus latirostris Harlan, Journ. Acad. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 394. 

 1885. Trichechus latirostris True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 588. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Near the capes of East Florida. 



