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CLASSIFICATION OF VERTEBRATA 



Microlestes, /XIK/OOS small, 

 robber, 39 



Microsauri, 12 



Mixipterygium, Gegenbaur's term 

 for the copulatory claspers of 

 Elasmobranchi, /zi^is copula- 

 tion, 5 



Mixosaurus "mixed, intermediate, 

 Saurian," 24 



Moloch, 25 



Molossus, 52 



Molva, Latinised from French 

 morue, Italian molua, hence the 

 mediaeval morrhua, 9 



Momotus, native name, 36 



Monodelphia, /zovos single, un- 

 paired, SeA<vs womb, 41 



Monodon, /AOVOS single, o8ovs tooth, 

 44 



Monorhina, /AOVOS single, unpaired, 

 pis nostril, 2 



Monotremata, /AOVO? single, un- 

 paired, Tpypa opening (cloacal), 39 



Mormyrus, poppvpos some sea-fish, 

 fjLopfj,vpo) I murmur, 9 



Moropus, [juopos sluggish, TTOVS 

 foot, 41 



Morosaurus, yawpos stupid, 22 



Morotherium, /ACO/OOS stupid, 41 



Mosasauri, Mosa the river Maas, 24 



Moschus, 49 



Mullus, 9 



Muraena, 9 



Mus, 43 



Muscardinus, 43 



Muscicapa, musca fly, capere to 

 catch, 38 



Musophaga, musa the banana, 

 <ayeu/ to eat, 36 



Mustela, weasel, 50 



Mustelus, weasel, 6 



Mycetes, fjLVKrjrijs a roarer, 53 



Myliobates, ///uAtas millstone, /Mart's 

 a ray, 6 



Mylodon, /zvAos millstone, 41 



Myobatrachus, /ws mouse, /3arpa- 

 XO? frog^ 1 5 



Myogale, /zus mouse, yaX.rj weasel, 5 1 



Myomorpha " mouse -shaped ani- 



mals," 43 

 Myopotamus, {JLV<S mouse, Trora/xos 



river, 43 



Myoxus, dormouse, 43 

 Myriacanthus, /ZV/HOS countless, 



aKavOa spine, 7 

 Myrmecobius, [ivp^^ ant, /?tow I 



live (on), 40 

 Myrmecophaga, /xi'pp^ ant, ^ayctv 



to eat, 41 

 Mystacoceti, fjLvcrra^ moustache, 



whale, 44 

 Myxine, /xv^tvos a slimy fish, pv^a 



slime, 2 

 Myxinoides, 2 



NAJA, nag (Hindustani) snake, 29 

 Necrogymnurus, veKpos dead, 



yvfAVos naked, ovpd tail, 51 

 Necrolemur, ve/c/aos corpse, 52 

 Necturus, v^w I swim, ovpd tail, 



14 



Neornithes " modern birds," 30 

 Nerophis, v^/aos wet, 6'<j5)ts snake, 10 

 Nesodon, vijcros island, 45 

 Nesomys, VTJO-OS island, /xus mouse, 43 

 Nestor, 36 

 Niinravus, 51 

 Nomarthra, VO/AOS custom, apOpov 



joint, 41 



Nothosauri, v60o<s spurious, 23 

 Notocentrous, the vertebral cen- 



trum is formed by dorsal arcualia 



(interdorsalia) only, 12 

 Notopteris, vwrov back, Trrepov 



wing, 52 



Notornis, VOTOS south, 34 

 Notoryctes, vorov south, o 



a digger, 40 



Nototherium, VOTOS south, 41 

 Nototrema, VWTOV back, 



15 



Numenius, 35 

 Numida, 34 

 Nycteris, vvKrepis a nocturnal 



animal, 52 

 Nyctibius, vv^ night, /3toco I live, 37 



