CLASSIFICATION OF VERTEBRATA 



in reptiles, three in mammals, 



23, 24, 44 

 Ilvpogeomys, vtto below, yvy earth, 



[j.v$ mouse, 43 

 Hypostomata, vr6 below, ord/xa 



mouth, 4 

 Hypselophodon, vipos height, Ad</>os 



projection, dSovs tooth, 22 

 Hypselornis, v\fn]\6s lofty, opvvs 



bird, 31 

 Hypsiprymnus, v\pt on high, 



wpvfMVOV hindquarters, 41 

 II\ "psirhina, v\pi on high, pi's nose, 



29 

 Hyrachius, vpa£ a shrew, 46 

 Hyracodon, 46 

 Hyracoidea, 45 

 Hyracotherium, 47 

 Hyrax, vpa£ a shrew (the Koni), 



45 

 Hystricomorpha, varpi^ porcupine,. 



43 



Ibidorhynchus, puyx os kill, 3r> 



Ibis, 32 



Ichthyes, ix^i's fish, 5 



Ichthyodorylites, l\6v<; fish, Sdpu 

 lance (spike), A/#os stone, 7 



Ichthyophis, Ixdxs fish, d<£is snake, 

 14 



Ichthyopterygium, the typical fish- 

 fin, 5 



Ichthyornithes, 31 



Ichthyosauria, 23 



Ichthyosaurus, 24 



Ictitherium, farts some kind of 

 weasel, 50 



Ictopsidae, lktls weasel, 6\pi<i ap- 

 pearance of, 51 



Iguanidae, Latinised native name, 

 25 



Iguanodon " with teeth like Igu- 

 ana," 22 



Ilysia, iAi's mud, slime, 28 



Indicator " indicator (of honey)," 37 



Indrifl, native name, 52 



Inia, native name, 44 



Insectivora, 51 



Intertarsal joint, 30 

 Irrisor, a scoffer, 36 

 Ischvodous, la\v<; strength, 7 

 Ischyromys, la-\i>p6s strong, l I 



Jacamarhalcyon, 37 



Keraterpeton, Kepashorn, epirer6v 

 creeper, snake, 12 



Labrus, Au/ipos voracious, 9 

 Labyrinthodon, in allusion to the 



complicated tooth-pattern, 13 

 Lacertae, lizards, 25 

 Lacertidae, 26 



Lachesis, Goddess of Fate, -2'.) 

 Lagomorpha, Aayws hare, 1 2 

 Lagomys, Aaycos hare, pis mouse, 43 

 Lagostomus, o-Topa mouth, 43 

 Laosaurus, Aaw I look at, 22 

 Lariosaurus, 23 

 Larus, gull, 35 

 Lemuravus, avus ancestor, 52 

 Lemures, hmvr a nocturnal 



spectre, 52 

 Lepidosiren, Atn-t's scale, 11 

 Lepidosteus, Actti's scale, o<tt(ov 



bone, 8 

 Lepidotus, A€7rt8wTos scaly, 8 

 Lepospondyli (Stegocephali), 1 2, 

 (Prosauria) 17, Ae7ros a husk, 

 rind, o-ttovSvXos vertebra 

 Lepospondyli ms "thin-shelled," 12 

 Leptocardia, Actttos' thin, Kap8ia 



heart, 1 

 Leptodon, Xctttos thin, 47 

 Leptomeryx, firjpSs tliigh, shank, 49 

 Leptoptilus, Ae-Tos thin, tttiXov 



feather, 32 

 Leptosoma, Ae7TT<>s~ thin, <rw/ia 



body, 30 

 Lepus, hare, 43 

 Lestris, Xya-rpis piratical, 35 

 Leuciscus, Acukos white (" white- 

 fish"), 9 

 Lialis, 27 



Limicolae "mud-inhabitants," 35 

 Limosa, lim \u mud, 35 



