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NOTE ON THE NAMES OF A FEW SOUTH 

 AMERICAN MAMMALS. 



HY J. A. ALLEN. 



A recent ex.amination of G. Fischer's 'Zoognosia' (VoL III, 

 1814), shows that a number of the names currently attributed to 

 later authors originated with Fischer; also that a few of Fisch- 

 er's names for South American mammals antedate those of Wied 

 and Schinz. Among the former may be mentioned Felis eyro, 

 JSFasua rit/a, and N'asua fusca, usually attributed to Desniarest, 

 1820, but all date from Fischer 1814; also Dasypus villosus, 

 attributed to Desmarest 1819, dates from Fischer 1814. N'asua 

 fioeiah's Wied, 1826, is antedated by JVasua sociabilis Schinz, 

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JJasypus cil/iati(s Fischer, 1814, antedates DasyitKs patagon- 

 icKS Demarest 1819. This species will consequently stand as 

 Zaedyus cilliatiis (G. Fischer). 



A comparison of Schinz's 'Thierreich', 1821, with Wied's 

 'Reise nach Brasilien', 1822, and Wied's Beitriige zur Natur- 

 geschicte von Brasilien' (II, 1826) shows that Schinz was the 

 first to publish a number of the names attributed by him to 

 Wied, and since thus generally accredited. Ap])arently not 

 only Schinz, Kuhl, and Temminck had access to Wied's col- 

 lections but in many cases adopted and published his manu- 

 script names several years befoi-e Wied published them himself, 

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