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* Capromys brachyurus Hill. 



1851. Capromys brachyurus HILL, Gosse's Nat. sojourn in 



Jamaica, p. 471. 

 1885. Capromys brachyurus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 



vii (1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Jamaica. 



Capromys brachyurus thoracatus True. 



1888. Capromys brachyurus thoracatus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. 



mus., p. 469. September 3, 1888. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Little Swan Island, Gulf of Honduras. 



Capromys ingrahami Allen . 



1891. Capromys ingrahami ALLEN, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. 



hist., m, p. 329. August 31, 1891. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Plana Key, Bahama Islands. 



* Capromys melanurus Poey. 



1 864. Capromys melanurus POEY, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 



Wissensch. Berlin, p. 384. 

 1885. Capromys melanurus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Manzanillo, Cuba. 



* Capromys pilorides (Say). 



1822. I[sodon~\ pilorides SAY, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 



n, p. 333. 

 1848. Capromys pilorides WATERHOUSE, Nat. hist, of 



mamm., n, p. 287. 

 1885. Capromys pilorides TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. " South America or one of the West Indian 



islands." (Cuba.) 



* Capromys prehensilis Poeppig. 



1824. Capromys prehensilis POEPPIG, Journ. acad. nat. sci. 



Phila., iv, p. 11. 

 1885. Capromys prehensilis TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Wooded parts of southern Cuba. 



