MILLER AND REHN: NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 175 



1885. Dasyprocta punctata TRUE, Proc. IT. S. nat. mus., vn 



(1884), p. 600. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. South America. 



Genus AGOUTI Lac6pede. 



1799. Agouti LACEPEDE, Tableau des divisions, sous-divisions, 

 ordres et genres des mammiferes, p. 9 (published as supplement to 

 Discours d'ouverture et de cl6ture du cours d' histoire naturelle et 

 tableaux methodiques des mammiferes et des oiseaux.) Type. 

 Mus paca LINNAEUS. 



The fact that this name antedates Coelogenus F. Cuvier (Ann. 

 du mus. d' hist, nat., Paris, x, p. 203, 1807) has been pointed out by 

 Palmer (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xi, pp. 243, 248, December 

 17, 1897). 



- Agouti paca (Linnaeus). 



1766. \_Mus] paca LINNAEUS, Syst. nat., xn ed., i, p. 81. 



1799. Agouti paca LACEPEDE, Tableau des divisions, sous- 

 divisions, ordres et genres des mammiferes, p. 9. 



1885. Coelogenys ^>CTRUE, Proc. U. S. nat mus., vn (1884), 

 p. 600. 1885. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Brazil. 



Suborder DUPLICIDENTATA. 



Family OCHOTONIDAE. 



Genus OCHOTONA Link. 



1795. Ochotona LINK, Zool. Beytrage, i, pt. n, p. 74. Included 

 the BpecittjPtwtlfa*, alpimts, and ocltotona. 



