330 PROECHINOMYS. CAPROMYS. 



Panama Spiny Rat. 



Type locality. Savanna near City of Panama, Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama, Central America. 



824. Proechinomys burrus Bangs. 



Proediimys! hnrrus Bangs, Amer. Nat., xxxv, 1901, p. 640. 



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

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 388. Zool. Ser. 

 San Miguel Spixy Rat. 



Type locality. San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Subfamily II. Capromyinee. 

 Genus 103. Cajn'oinys. 



Capromys Desmarest, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i, 1822, p. 43. 

 Type Capromys fournieri Desmarest = Isodon pilorides Say. 

 Geocapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1901, 



P- 314. 

 Procapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1901, 

 p. 322. 



Subgenus A. Capromys. 



825. Capromys pilorides (Say). 



Isodon pilorides Sav, Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 11, 1822, p. 2,2i2), 



fig- 

 Capromys fournieri Desm., Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1S22, p. 43, 



pl. I. _ . ' 



Caprom-ys quemi Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 312. 

 Capromys pilorides Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1830, p. 313. Elliot, 

 Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies. F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 

 1904, p. 390, figs. 73, Lii. Zool. Ser. 

 Hairy Hutia. 



Type locality. "South America, or one of the West Indian 

 Islands." Cuba? 



Geogr. Distr. Cuba. 



826. Capromys melanurus Poev. 



Capromys melaiinrus Poey, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 

 BerL, 1864. p. 384. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 391. Zool. Ser. 



