Type specimens of recent mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

TYPE SPECIMENS OF RECENT MAMMALS IN THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY K. M. HELGEN AND T. L. McFADDEN' CONTENTS Abstract 94 I ntroduction 94 Authors of T\pe Descriptions 94 Definitions and Organization 96 Taxa Included in This Catalogue .._. 97 Ablirexiations 98 Acknowledgments 98 Paralectot\pe Series 98 Accounts of T\pe Specimens 99 Order Didelphimoipliia 99 Family Caluromyidae 99 FaniiK' Marmosidae 99 Family Didelphidae 100 Order Dasvuromorphia 100 FaniiK Dasymidae 100 Order Peramelia 100 Family Peroryctidae 100 Order Cingnlata 101 FamiK Dasypodidae 101 Order Afrosoricida 101 FamiK Chnsochloridae 101 F"amih Tenrecidae 101 Order Rodentia 103 FamiK Aplodontidae 103 FamiK Sciuridae 103 Family Castoridae 109 Family Geomyidae 110 Family Ileteromyidae Ill Family Dipodidae 112 FamiK Muridae 112 Subfamily Ai-vicolinae 112 Subfamily Cricetinae 117 SubfamiK' Cricetomvinae 117 Snbiamilv Dendromurinae 117 Subfamily Gerbillinae 117 SubfamiK Murinae 117 Subfamily Nesomyinae 120 Subfamily Otomvinae 120 SubfamiK Sigmodontinae 121 Family Pedetidae 128 ' Mannnal Department, Museum ol ( ^oiiiparatixf Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu-setts 02138. Family Myoxidae 129 Family Bathyergidae 129 Family Erithizontidae 130 Famil)' Das\proctidae 130 Family Agoutidae 130 Family Octodontidae 130 Family Echimvidae 131 Family Capromyidae 131 Order Lagomoipha 133 Family Ochotonidae 133 Family Leporidae 133 Order Scandentia 134 Family Tupaiidae 134 Order Primates 135 Family Indridae 135 Family Daubentoniidae 135 Family Galagonidae 135 Family Cebidae 135 Family Hvlobatidae 136 Family Hominidae 136 Order Lipotyphla 136 Family Nesopliontidae 136 Family Solenodoutidae 137 Family Soricidae 137 Family Talpidae 140 Order Chiroptera 140 Family Pteropodidae 140 Family Emballonuridae 142 Family Nycteridae 142 Family Rhinolophidae 1 42 Family Mormoopidae 143 Family Ph\llostomidae 143 Family Molossidae 145 Family X'espertilionidae 145 Family Tlnropteridae 147 Order Arti()dact\la 147 Family Tayassuidae 147 Family Monodontidae 148 FamiK' Phococnidae 148 Family Cenidae 1 48 Famil> Bcnidae 149 Order Carnixora 149 Family Canidae 1 !■) FamiK Ursidae 151 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 157(2): 93-181, June. 2001 93