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* Capromys brachyurus Hill. 
1851. Capromns hradiyurm Hill, Gosse’s ISTat. sojourn in 
Jamaica, p. 471. 
1885. Capromys brachyurus True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 
VII (1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. ^ — Jamaica. 
Capromys brachyurus thoracatus True. 
1888. Capromys brachyurus thoracatus True, Proc. U. S. nat. 
mus., p. 469. September 3, 1888. 
Type locality. — Little Swan Island, Gulf of Honduras. 
Capromys ingrahami Allen. 
1891. Capjromys inyrahaml Allex, Bull. Amer. mus. iiat. 
hist.. Ill, p. 329. August 31, 1891. 
Type locality. — Plana Key, Bahama Islands. 
* Capromys melanurus Poev. 
1864. Capromys metajiurus Poey, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 
Wissensch. Berlin, p. 384. 
1885. Capromys melanurus True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. —Manzanillo, Cuba. 
* Capromys pilorides (Sa^ ). 
1822. I'[soclon'] pilorides Say, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 
II, p. 333. 
1848. Capromys pilorides Waterhouse, Nat. hist, of 
mamm., ii, p. 287. 
1885. Capromys pilorides True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. — “ South America or one of the West Indian 
islands.” (Cuba.) 
* Capromys prehensilis Poeppig. 
1824. Capromys prehensilis Poeppig, Journ. acad. nat. sci. 
Phila., IV, p. 11. 
1885. Capromys prehensilis True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. — W ooded parts of southern Cuba. 
