260 Palmer Generic and Family Names of Rodents. 



t Echiothrix J Gray, 1867 Echiotbrix leucura. (See Craurothrix.) 



? Elomys Aymard. 1848 Etomys priscus. 



Epimys Trouessart, 1881 ' Gymnomys et Acan thorny s p. Gray, 



1867' (57 species, including Mus 

 caraco, decumanus, rattus, etc.). 



Euchaetomys Fitzinger, 1867. . Mus palmarum, M. novane, M. setifer, 



M. perchal, M. kok, M. hardwickii, 

 M. rufescens, M. ellioti, M. lepidus, 

 M. vittatus, M. pumilio, M. pardu- 

 leus, M. zebra, Rattus donovani. 



Golunda Gray, 1837 Golunda ellioti, G. meltada, Mus bar- 



bara. 



Gymnomys Gray, 1867 Mus (Gymnomys) celebensis. 



Hapalomys Blyth, 1859 Hapalomys longicaudatus. 



f Hapalotis Lichtenstein, 1829. . . Hapalotis albipes. 



Heliomys Gray, 1873 Heliomys jeudei. 



Isomys Sundevall, 1842 Mus variegatus (=Lemmus niloticus). 



t Lasiomys Peters, 1866 Lasiomys afer. (See Lophuromys.) 



Leggada Gray, 1837. Leggada booduga, Mus platythrix. 



Lemniscomys Trouessart, 1881. Mus barbarus, pulchellus, zebra, line- 



atus, lineato-affinis, pumilio, trivir- 

 gatus, dorsalis, univittatus. 



f Lophiomys Deperet, 1890 Lophiomys pyrenaicus. (See Triloplio- 



mys). 



Lophuromys Peters, 1874 New name for Lasiomys Peters, 1866. 



Malacomys Edwards, 1877 Malacomys longipes. 



Mastacomys Thomas, 1882 Mastacomys fuscus. 



Micromys Dehne, 1841 Micromys agilis. 



Murinus Rafinesque, 1815 Nomen nudum. 



Mus Linnaeus, 1758 Mus porcellus, M. leporinus, M. lem- 



mus, M. marmota, M. monax, M. 

 cricetus, M. terrestris, M. amphib- 

 ius, M. rattus, M. musculus, M. avel- 

 lanarius, M. sylvaticus, M. striatus, 

 M. longipes, M. jaculus, M. volans. 



Musculus Rafinesque, 1814 Musculus frugivorus, M. dichrurus. 



(Modified form, proposed to super- 

 cede Mus). 



Nannomys Peters, 1876 Mus (Nannomys) setulosus. 



Nesokia Gray, 1842 Mus hardwickii. 



Notomys Lesson, 1842 Dipus mitchellii. 



Pelomys Peters, 1852 ... Mus (Pelomys) fallax. 



Fithecheir 2 Cuvier, 1838 Pithecheir melanurus. 



Pogonomys Edwards, 1877 Mus (Pogonomys) macrourus. 



1 Echinothrix Alston, 1876. 



2 Emended to Pitcheir (Schinz, 1845), Pithechir (Jentink, 1892), Pith- 

 echirus (Agassiz, 1842), and Pithecochirus (Gloger, 1841). 



