194 MURID A}.— ATHERURA. 
Lumbar vertebre........ 5 
Sacral wnwiseete. ewe aeesed 4 
Cadalsvtnid occs-nap en Ged eeian ae 27 or 28 
*q. Skull: young. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt’s Collection. 
6. Skull: young. Brazils. 
c. Skeleton: ¢. Brazils. Purchased of Mr. Becker. 
d. Skeleton. Brazils. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 
*e, Skull, and bones of the body. 
f. Skeleton. 
CHATOMYS. 
Teeth :—Incisors = eat, ; Molars “— ;== 20, 
The Quittzep Rar. Chetomys subspinosus. 
Gray, in Voy. of H.M.S. Sulphur, pl. 18. figs. 1-6 (skull).— Water- 
house, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. dol. pl. 18. fie la, 6 (skull). 
Cervical vertebre........-...8- 7 
Dorsal) fgeca yee a” gate car ekees 15 
Lumbar) cate 2heeenheweeses 7 
Sacral die loteGiaichveaacaten 4 
Caudal sncvasdes «decked: 28 
*q, Skull. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt's Collection —The specimen 
described in the ‘ Proc. Zool. Soc.’ for 1843, p. 21, and figured 
in the ‘ Voyage of the Sulphur,’ pl. 18. figs. 1-6. 
*b, Skull. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt’s Collection. 
c. Skeleton. 
ATHERURA. 
Teeth :—Incisors +; Molars “*;= 20. 
Atherura macroura. 
Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 472. pl. 18. fig. 5. 
Hystrix macroura?, Gervais, Voy. de la Bonite (skull).—Blainv., 
Ostéog. G. Hystrix, pl. 2 (skull, 3). 
*q, Skull.—The specimen figured by Mr. Waterhouse. 
The Inpiay Brusu-taitep Porcupine. Atherura fasciculata. 
Waterhouse, Nat, Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 470. pl. 18. fig.6 (skull), figs. 6, 6 5 
(palate and teeth). 
Hystrix macroura, Gervais, Voy. de la Bonite (skull).—Blarnv., 
Ostéog. G. Hystrix, pl. 2 (skull, $). ; 
*qa, Skull. 
The Turrep-raiLeD Porcupine. Atherura africana. 
Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 476. pl. 18. figs. 5, 5a (skull). 
Hystrix fasciculata, Blaine., Ostéog. G. Hystrix, pl. 11 (skull, 3). 
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