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terms as " Ovis communis," " Ovis aurihus pendentihus^'^ " Trcirjus 

 vioschifer,'' *■' Mus araneus," and '■'■ Phoca ursus" : while for others 

 there are alternative names, as '■'■ Papio, Paviamts, der Paviaa '' ; 

 " Cercopitheca oder CercopAthecus, auch Cebus " ; " Phoca minor, 

 Canis marinus, Seehund " ; " Phoca major, Leo marinus, Seelowe " ; 

 " Bos marinus, Vacca marina, der See Ochs oder die See Kuh " ; 

 " Catus, Felis, der Kater, die Katze " ; " Leo, der Lowe, Lecena, die 

 Lowinn." It seems unnecessary to cite further instances to show 

 that this system of naming is hopelessly non-Linnoean. What 

 Frisch ajiparently intended to do was merely to supply his pupils 

 with Latin equivalents for German vernacular terms ; but of the 

 essential principles of binomial nomenclature he had not the least 

 idea *, 



While we therefore unhesitatingly reject as untenable all of the 

 names applied to genera f in this work, the circumstances are such 

 that it seems desirable to publish a complete list of them. 



List of Names applied to Genera by Frisch. 



Mammalia. 



P. 1. Equus. Asinus. Bos. Urus. Biibalus. Ovis communis. Ovis auri- 

 bus pendentibus. Ovis montaua. Ovis strepsiceros. Caper. Ibex. 



2. Gacella. Adaces. Antilojjes. Rupicapra. Bubalis. Cudus. Grimms. 



Tragulus. Tragus moschifer. Oamelopardalis. 



3. Cervus. Dama. Alee. Rangifer. Capreohis. Porcus. Marro- 



cephalus. Tagassu. Babirussa. 



4. Elephas. Equus Niloticus. Tapirussa. Ehinoceros, Monoceros, & 



Eicornis. Camelus. Lama. 

 6. Tamandua. Quaggelo. Tatu. Erinaceus. 



6. Talpa. Mus araneus. Marsupiale. Volucre. 



7. Vespertilio. Mus. Eattus. 



8. Glis. Sciurus. 



9. Cavia. Lepus. Marmota. 



10. Castor. Hjstrix. 



11. Mustela. Putorius. Ichnevmon. Martes. 



12. Catus, Felis. Linx. Panthera. 



13. Tigris. Leo. 



14. Canis. Lupus. 



15. Hysena. Vulpes. 



16. Coati. Meles. Cibeticum. 



17. Lutra. Gulo. 



18. Ursus. 



19. Tardigradus, Tardipes. Papio, Pavianus. 



20. Cercopitheca oder Cercopitliecus. 



21. Simia. 



* Or, if he had any clear notion of it, he deliberately rejected the 

 system. " Des grossen schwedischen Naturforschers Eitter v. Li?ine seine 

 weitliiutige und prachtige Systemen, welche er so oft veriindert, waren, 

 nach meiner Einsicht, zu meiner Arbeit unbequem," he remarks in Lis 

 preface (p. ii), and the observation is amply justified. 



t No one has suggested that the specific names are valid, and, in fact, 

 their status is too evident to require any discussion. 



