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ANOMALURIDiB. 



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



p. 203, 1849. 

 Anomaluridae Gill, Arrangement Fam. Manim., p. 21, Nov., 1872. 

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



Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843. Anomalurus fraseri. 

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



case latter is preoccupied. 

 Idiurus Matschie, 1894. . , Idiurus zenkeri. 



APLODONTIIDiE. 



Haploodontidae Lilljeborg, Syst. Ofversigt Gnag. D.iggdjuren, pp. 9, 



41, 1866. 

 AplodontiidaB Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, p. 1015 (1897). 

 Aplodontia ^ Richardson, 1829. . . Aplodontia leporina (=Anisonyx rufa 



Raf.) 



BATHYERGID^. 



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



p. 203, 1849. 

 Bathyergidae BeNAPARTE, Conspectus Syst. Mastozoologise, 1850. 

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

 X Orycterideae 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 cseeutiens, B. damarensis. 



Cryptomys Gray, 1864 Georyehus holoserieeus. 



* Fossor Forster (?) 



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



aspalax. 



t 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. . Georyehus ochraceo-cinereus, Bathy- 

 ergus csecutiens. 



^Emended to Haplodon (VVagler, 1830), Aploudontia, Apludontia, 

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

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

 III, p. 2712.) 



■^Emended to Georhyehus (Wagner, 1843). 



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