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CAPROMYS. 
Capromys. 
I I Ps P I Be M 3 — 10 
oe aq MSS = 20. 
Capromys Desmarest, Mém. Soc. d’Hist. Nat., 1, 1822, p. 43. Type 
[sodon ptlorides Say. 
1ert Desmarest = /: 
List) 1901, Pp. 304. 
Capromys journ sodon 
Geocapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 
Procapromys Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist 
molars with one internal and 
small; tail long; 
IQOI, p. 3 
Incisors moderate; upper 
external enamel folds: ear rather 
habits arboreal. 
form slender: 
FiG. 73. CAPROMYS PILORIDES. 
ian Mus. Col! 25 nat. s 
ume 
No. 1140 Field Cc 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 
A. Tail long. 
Above reddish chestnut and black, to reddish 
a. 
brown and black; beneath yellowish white. C. pilorides 
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