MAMMALIA. 169 



ECHYMYTNiE. 



MYOPOTAMUS, Geoff. 



COypus, Commers.— Hal). Chile, Peru, and Brazil, to Patagonia. 



Stn. Mus coypus, Molina, Saggio, 1782, 287. 



Myopotamus coypus, (Commers.) Geoff. Ann. du Mus. YI, 1805, 81. 



G-AY, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 122. 



Watbrh. Nat. Hist. Mamm. II, 1848, 297, PI. sv, f. 1. 

 VuLG. Coypu. Nutria. 



MURIDiE. 



MURINA. 



OXYMICTEEUS, Waterh. 



scalops, Gay. — Hah. Central Chile. 



Syn. Oxymicterus scalops, Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 108, Lam. vi. 



megalonyx, Gay. — Hah. Quintero, Central Chile. 



Syn. Hesperomys megalonyx, Waterh. Pr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1844, 154. 

 Oxymicterus megalonyx, Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 109. 



HESPEEOMYS, Waterh. 



longipilis, Waterh. — Hah. Central and Northern Chile. 



Syn. Mus longipilis, Waterh. Zool. of Beagle, Mammalia, 1839, 55, PI. xvi. 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 113. 

 Hesperomys longipilis, Waterh. 1. c. 



rei^geri, Waterh. — Hah. Near Valparaiso. 



Syn. Mus olivaceus, Waterh. Pr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838, 16. 

 Mm renggeri, Waterh. Zool. of Beagle, 1839, 51, PI. xy, f, 1. 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 114. 

 Sesperomys renggeri, Waterh. 1. c. 1839. 



brachyotis, Waterh. — Hah. Chonos Archipelago. 



Syn. Mus brachyotis, Waterh. Pr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837, 17. 



Ib. Zool. of Beagle, Mamm. 1839, 115, PI. xiv. 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 115, 

 Hesperomys brachyotis, Waterh. 1. c. ^ 



Irupestris, . — Hah. Chile. 



Syn. Mus rupestris, Gervais, Voy. de la Bonite, I, 51. 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 115, Lam. \x, vii. 



xanthorhinus, Waterh. — Hah. Straits of Magellan. 



Syn. Mus xanthorhinus, Waterh. Pr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837, 28. 



Ib. Zool, of Beagle, 1839, 53, PL xvii, f. 1. 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. I, 1847, 116. 

 Hesperomys xanthopygus, Waterh. 1. c. (part.) 



darwinii, Waterh. — Hah. Province of Coquimho. 



Syn. 3Ius darwinii, Waterh. Pr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837, 28. 

 Ib. Zoology of Beagle, Mammal. 1839, 117. 

 Gay, Hist. Chile, Zoologia, I, 1847, 117. 

 Hesperomys darwinii, Waterh. 1. o. 

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