SEPTEMBER 20, 1900 VoL. II, pp. 35-41 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 
THREE NEW RODENTS FROM SOUTHERN 
LABRADOR. 
BY OUTRAM BANGS. 
Or the three rodents here described as new subspecies, one is 
the Labrador porcupine, which is now represented in our collec- 
tion by sixteen splendid specimens, skins and skulls, and one 
other skull, all taken by Ernest Doane at Black Bay and Lance 
au Loup. I have known for some time that this porcupine was 
different from true Zrethizon dorsatus, but have been waiting for 
ample material before naming it. Its chief external difference 
lies in its uniform black or brownish black color, without the 
white hairs that are so conspicuous a mark of the more southern 
form, /. dorsatus dorsatus. 
Another is the very large form of Phenacomys celatus * repre- 
sented by a series of sixteen specimens from Hamilton Inlet, 
taken by C. H. Goldthwaite, and one from Lance au Loup, taken 
by Ernest Doane. 
In his synopsis of the voles of the genus Phenacomys® Mr. 
Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., says: ‘‘The specimens from Hamilton Inlet 
1 P.ungava and P. celatus were described by Merriam in the same article and have been 
proved by Miller to be the same, but as ce/atus appears first it is the name that should be used 
for the species. 
2 Proc. Biol. Soc. of Washington, Vol. XI, p. 85, April 21, 1897. 
