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Family MYOCASTORIDAE : Coypus 

 Genus MYOCASTOR Kerr 



f Myocastor coypus santacruzae Hollister. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 27 : 57, Mar. 20, 1914. 

 96513. Skin and skull. Adult [male]. North bank of Rio Salado, 

 near Los Palmares, Santa Fe (not Santa Cruz as recorded in orig- 

 inal description), Argentina, July to September 1896. Collected 

 by W. Frakes. Original number 1977-X. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; skull Grade A. 



Family PEDETIDAE: Cape Jumping Hares 

 Genus PEDETES Illiger 

 *Pedetes cafer dentatus Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 40 : 113, Sept. 26, 1927. 

 251879. Skin and skull. Adult male. Near Dodoma, Tanganyika 

 Territory, Africa. July 8, 1926. Collected by Arthur Loveridge. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Pedetes surdaster currax Hollister. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 68 (10) : 3, Jan. 16, 1918. 

 181762. Skin and skull. Adult male. Kabalolot Hill, Sotik, British 

 East Africa [ = Kenya]. May 7, 1911. Collected by Edmund 

 Heller. Original number 1802. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Pedetes surdaster larvalis Hollister. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 68 (10) : 2, Jan. 16, 1918. 

 163304. Skin and skull. Adult female. Ulukenia Hills, Athi Plains, 

 British East Africa [= Kenya]. November 21, 1909. Collected 

 by J. Alden Loring. Original number 8250. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



Family RHIZOMYIDAE: Bamboo Rats 

 Genus TACHYORYCTES Riippell 



*Tachyoryctes rex Heller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. HG (9) : 4, July 22, 1910. 

 163088. Skin and skull. Adult male. Western slope of Mount 

 Kenia, altitude 10,000 feet, British East Africa [= Kenya]. Oc- 

 tober 7, 1909. Collected by J. Alden Loring. Original number 

 7840. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



