Dr. Ologer's Maminalian Generic Names. 



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Page. Name. 



130. Capriscus. 



131. Dinochcerus. 



134. Dromedarius. 



140. Passalites. 



140. Dorcelaphus. 



1 54. Oritragus. 

 16(5. Hydropitlieciis. 



Type. 

 Sus papuensis. 

 Phacochcerus sethiopicus 



Camelus dromedarius. 

 P. nemorivao'us. 



" Cervus virginianus." 



O. oreotragus. 



" Manatus siraia, 111." 



Remarks. 



No reason for separation from Sus. 



No reason for separation from Phaco- 

 chcerus. 



No reason for separation from Camelus. 



Antedates Coassus, Gray, 1843. But 

 other earlier names may have to 

 come in for this and " the next 

 genus. 



Equals and antedates Cariacus, Lesson, 

 1842. 



Antedates Oreotracius, Gray, 1846. 



Formed for an indeterminable animal 

 seen bv Steller. 



It will thus be seen that the changes necessitated bj the 

 recognition of Gloger's work are both few and unimportant. 

 The genera hitherto known as Sitomys, Guniculus, and Platy- 

 cercomys have to bear wholly strange names ; Cariacus and 

 Coassus, as dating from Lesson, 1842, and Gray, 1843, are 

 antedated, unless still earlier references are found for them, 

 and several subgenera of greater or less validity need different 

 titles to those by which they are usually referred to. 



With regard to the most important of the animals affected, 

 tlie American Deer, it unfortunately happens that the diffi- 

 culties in the way of deciding between the rival claims of 

 Mazama, Raf., Panalladon *, Raf., Odocoileus *, Raf., Ele- 

 phalces, Brookes, Passalites, Glog., and Dorcelaphus, Glog., 

 are so great that 1 am compelled to leave the question open 

 for the decision of such other zoologists as may find time to 

 attack this intricate subject. 



But all the other cases are quite clear, and in bringing 

 them forward and abolishing the remainder of Gloger's long 

 list of names it is hoped that the happy day may be a little 

 hastened when we shall have got back to the earliest names 

 for all mammalian genera, so that younger generations of 

 workers will grow up knowing the proper names, and will 

 not have to suffer the endless inconvenience that our own 

 has had to bear. 



* I owe these names to Mr. T. S. Palmer, of the Department of Agi-i- 

 culture, Washington, who has been investigating this and kindred 

 questions. 



