COENDU., 401 
416. pallidum (Cercolabes), Waterh., Mamm., 11, 1848, p. 434. 
LIGHT-COLORED PORCUPINE. 
Type locality. ‘‘West Indies’’? 
Genl. Char. Fur soft; spines short; tail short, with slender spines 
on upper part of basal half. 
Color. General color pale fulvous brown; limbs, lower part of 
flanks, and under parts darker brown; muzzle and feet dusky brown; 
tail brownish black; quills white, with black tips, hidden mostly in 
the fur. 
Measurements. Total length, 513; tail, 193; hind foot, 53.3. 
417. rothschildi (Coendu), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., 
X, 1902, p. 169. 
ROTHSCHILD’s TREE PORCUPINE. 
Type locality. Sevilla Island, off Chiriqui, Panama. 
Genl. Char. Hair short; skull much inflated above orbits; nasal 
aperture large; fourth premolar not larger than molars. 
Color. Profusely speckled with white; spines on back all tipped 
with white. 
Measurements. Total length, 740; tail vertebra, 330; hind foot, 
with claws, 68. Skull: basilar length, 71; length of upper molar 
series, 17.3. 
Fic. LV. COENDU MEXICANUM. MEXICAN TREE PORCUPINE. 
