254 Palmer Generic and Family Names of Rodents. 



Name, authority, and date. Type or included species. 



Caprolagus Blyth, 1845 Lepus hispidus. 



Chionobates Kaup, 1829 Lepus variabilis, L. borealis. 



f Cuniculus Gloger, 1841 Lepus cuniculus. 



Eulagos Gray, 1867 Lepus mediterraneus, L. judaese. 



I Hydrolagus Gray, 1867 Lepus aquaticus (type), L. palustris. 



(See Limnolagus). 



Lagopsis Raflnesque, 1815 Nomen nudum. 



* Lagos Brookes, 1828 Lepus arcticus. 



Lagotheriwn Croizet, 1 853 Lepus issiodorensis, L. neschersensis. 



Lepus Linnaeus, 1758 Lepus timidus, L. cuniculus, L. capen- 



sis, L. braslliensis. 



Limnolagus Mearns, 1897 New name for Hydrolagus Gray, 1867. 



Macrotolagus Mearns, 1895. . . Lepus alleni. 



Microlagus Trouessart, 1897. . . Lepus cinerascens. 



Oryctolagus Lilljeborg, 1873. . . Lepus cuniculus. 



Palaeolagus Leidy, 1856 Palaeolagus haydeni. 



Panolax Cope, 1874 Panolax sanct&fidd. 



Praotherium Cope, 1871 Praotherium palatinum. 



Romerolagus Merriam, 1896. . . Romerolagus iielsoni. 



Sylvilagus Gray, 1867. ........ Lepus nanus (= L. americanus), L. ar- 



temisia (= L. nuttalli), L. bachmani. 



Tapeti Gray, 1867 Lepus brasiliensis. 



Tridum Cope, 1873 Tritium avunculus, T. leporinum, T. 



paniense. 



LOPHIOMYIDJE. 



Lophiomyidae GILL, Arrangement Fam. Mamm., p. 20, Nov., 1872. 

 Lophiomys Milne Edwards, Feb. 6, 1867. Lophiomys imhausii. 

 Phractomys Peters, Feb., 1867 Phractomys aethiopicus. 



MURID^J. 



CRICETIN/E. 



Cricetina GRAY, Thomson's Ann. Philos., XXVI, p. 342, Nov., 1825. 

 Cricetinae ALSTON, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 82. 

 Cricetidee ZITTEL, Handbuch d. Paleeontologie, IV, 2 te Lief., p. 534, 1893. 

 Hesperomyidae AMEGHINO, Mam. Fos., in Actas Acad. Nac. Ciencias, 



Cordoba, VI, p. 109, 1889. 



Nesomyinae FORSYTH MAJOR, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 718. 



Sigmodontinae THOMAS, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, 1019 (1897). 



Name, authority, and date. Type or included species. 



Abrothrix Waterhouse, 1837. . . Mus (Abrothrix) longipilis. 



Acromys (' Wagner') Trouessart, 1881. Synonym of Drymomys. 



Akodon Meyen, 1833 Akodon boliviense. 



Baiomys True, 1894 Hesperomys taylori. 



