Generic and Family Names of Rodents. 245 



ANOMALURIDJE. 



Anomalurina GERVAIS, in D'Orbigny's Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat., XI, 



p. 203, 1849. 

 Anomaluridae GILL, Arrangement Fain. Mamm., p. 21, Nov., 1872. 



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



Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843. Anomalurus fraseri. 

 Aroaethrus Waterhouse, 1843. . Suggested to replace Anomalurns, in 



case latter is preoccupied. 

 Idiurus Matschie, 1894 Idiurus zenkeri. 



AFLODONTIID-SI. 



Haploodontidae LILLJEBORG, Syst. Ofversigt Gnag. Diiggdjuren, pp. 9, 



41, 1866. 



Aplodontiidae THOMAS, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, p. 1015 (1897). 

 Aplodontia l Richardson, 1829. . . Aplodontialeporina (=Anisonyx rufa 



Raf.) 



BATHYERGIDJE. 



Bathyergina GERVAIS, in D'Orbigny's Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat., XI, 



p. 203, 1849. 



Bathyergidae BONAPARTE, Conspectus Syst. Mastozoologiae, 1850. 

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

 J Orycterideee LESSON, Nouv. Tableau Regne Animal, Mamm., p. 120, 1842. 

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



Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 Mus maritimus. 



Ccetomys Gray, 1864 Bathyergus csecutiens, B. damarensis. 



Cryptomys Gray. 1864 Georychus holosericeus. 



* Fossor Forster (?) 



Georychus 2 Illiger, 1811 Mus capensis (type), M. talpinus, M. 



aspalax. 



f Heliophobius Peters, 1846 Heliophobius argenteo-cinereus. 



Heterocephalus Riippell, 1842. Heterocephalus glaber. 



Myoscalops Thomas, 1890 New name for Heliophobius Peters. 



Orycterus Cuvier, 1829 Mus maritimus. 



Typhloryctes Fitzinger, 1867. . Georychus ochraceo-cinereus, Bathy 

 ergus csecutiens. 



1 Emended to Haplodon (Wagler, 1830), Aploudontia, Apludontia, 

 Apluodontia, Haploodon, Haploudon, Hapludon, Haploudontia, Haplo- 

 dus, Haploodus, Haploudus, and Hapludus. (See Coues, Century Diet. , 

 III, p. 2712.) 



2 Emended to Georhychus (Wagner, 1843). 



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