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Gliding Spiny Rat. 



Type locality. San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 102. Proechiiioinys. 



Proechimys {sic) Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1899, p. 264. 

 Type Echimys! trinitatis Allen & Chapman. 

 Echimys {sic) Geoff. St. Hilare, Ann. Scien. Nat., 2me Ser., x, 

 1838, p. 125. (nee G. Cuvier, 1809.) 



822. Proechinomys semispinosus (Tomes). 



Echimys! semispinosus Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, i860, p. 265. 

 Proechinomys semispinosus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 386. Zool. Ser. 

 Short-spined Rat. 



Type locality. Ecuador. 



Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua, south to Ecuador. 



823. Proechinomys centralis (Thomas). 



Echinomys centralis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., 



xviii, 1896, p. 312. 

 Proechinomys centralis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 386, fig. 72. Zool. Ser. 



NiCARAGUAN SpINY RaT. 



Type locality. San Emilio, north end of Lake Nicaragua, Nica- 

 ragua. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Central America. 



(I. I'rocchinoiti !/s (•riitniH.-< <-liiri<in i mis Thomas. 



Proechimys! centralis chiriquinus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., V, 1900, p. 220. 

 Proechinomys centralis chiriquinus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. 

 & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904. p. 387- Zool- Ser. 

 Bogava Spiny Rat. 



Type locality. Bogava, Chiriqvii, Panama. Altitude, 800 feet. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama, Central America. 



h. Proc chin on njs centi-dlis prnniniensis Thomas. 



Proechimys! centralis panamensis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



7th Ser., V, 1900, p. 220. 

 Proecliijiomys centralis panamensis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. 

 & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 387- Zool. Ser. 



