CAPROMYS, 889 
¢. Capromys. 
l=; P=; M2 =20, 
1 1 1 ) 5 
Capromys Desmarest, Mém. Soc. d’Hist. Nat., 1, 1822, p. 43. Type 
Capromys fourntert Desmarest [sodon pilorides Say. 
Geocapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., rgo1, p. 314. 
Procapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., rgor, p. 322. 
Incisors moderate; upper molars with one internal and two 
external enamel folds; ear rather small; tail long; form slender; 
habits arboreal. 
Fia. 73. CAPROMYS PILORIDES. 
No, 1140 Field Columbian Mus, Coll, % nat. size. 
REY TO>}THE. SPECIES ANDESUBSPECIES: 
A. Tail long. 
a. Above reddish chestnut and black, to reddish PAGE 
brown and black; beneath yellowish white. C. pilorides 390 
