174 PEOCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
1897. [Coendii] paUidus Trouessart, Catal. mamm., pt. iii, 
p. 62:2. 
Type locality. — “ Said to be .... the West Indies.” 
Familv DASYPROCTIDAE. 
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Genus DASYPROCTA Illiger. 
1811. Dasyprocta Illiger, Prodr. syst. mamm. et avium, p. 93. 
Included t^YO species — ayuti and acudiy. 
"^Dasyprocta cristata (Desmarest). 
1816. Cavia crist<ita Des^*[arest, Xouy. diet, d’hist, nat., i, 
p. 213. 
1820. Dasyirrocta cristata Desmarest, Mamm., p. 358. 
1885. Dasypvocta cristata, True, Proc. LT. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. — “ Surinam” ; this is erroneous according to 
Alston, who states that the animal is West Indian. 
^ Dasyprocta isthmica Alston. 
1876. Dasyprocta isthmica Alston, Proc. zool. soc. London, 
p. 347. 
1885. Dasyprocta isthmica True, Proc. LT. S. nat. mus., yii 
(1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. — Colon, Colombia. 
Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure. 
1860. Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure, Revue et magasin de 
zoologie, 2d ser., xii, p. 53. 
1885. Dasyprocta mexicana True, Proc. IT. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 600. 1885. 
Type locality. — “ Hot zone of Mexico ”; probably in the 
State of Vera Cruz. 
^ Dasyprocta punctata Gray. 
1842. Dasyprocta pmnetata Gray, Ann. and mag. nat. hist., 
X, p. 264. 
