332 CAPROMYS. PLAGIODONTI A. ERETHIZON. 



831. Capromys ingrahami Allen. 



Capromys ingrahami Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1891, p. 

 329. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 IV., Pt. I, 1904, p. 394. Zool. Ser. 

 Ingraham's Hutia. 



Type locality. Plana Key, Bahama Islands. 

 Geogr. Distr. Bahama Islands. 



Genus 104. Plagiodoiitia. 



Plagiodontia F. Cuv., Ann. Scien. Nat., 2me Ser., vi, 1836, p. 347. 

 Zool. Type Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier. 



832. Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier. 



Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier, Ann. Scien. Nat., 2me Ser., vi, 

 1836, p. 347. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 396, figs. 75, Liii. Zool. Ser. 

 Haitian Huti.a.. 



Type locality. Island of Haiti. 

 Geogr. Distr. Island of Haiti. 



Family IX. Eretliizoiitid^e. 



Subfamily I. Erethizontinae. 



Genus 105. Erethizoii. L()iij»-spiin'(l Poroiipiiies. 



Erethizon F. Cuv., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ix, 1822, p. 436. 

 Type Hystrix dorsatns Linnaeus. 

 Echinothrix Brookes, Cat. Anat. & Zool. Mus. J. Brookes, Lond., 



1828, p. 54. 

 Echinoprocta Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1865, pp. 321-322, desc. 



833. Erethizon epixanthum Brandt. 



Erethizon epixanthus Brandt, Mem. Acad. Imp. Scien. St. Petersb., 

 6th Ser., 1835, P- 39°. pls. i, 9. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 265. Zool. Ser. 

 Erethizon epixanthum Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 397, figs. 76, Liv. Zool. Ser. 

 Western Porcupine. 



Type locality. California ? Unalaska ? 



