1902.] Allen, Mammal Names Proposed by Oken. 375 



3. Gattung. Traner. 



1. Hystrix. b. Hydromys. 



2. Biber. c. Guillino. 



a. Castor. 3. Ondatra. 



4. Gattung. Mause. 



i. Mus. 2. Zeiste. [=Hypudaeus.] 



a. Meriones. a. Zeiste; klein, etc. 



b. Mus. b. Mus gregarius. 



a. Kleine Mause. c. Glareolus. 



b. Ratten. b. Lemminge. 



b. Stossmause. [=Myos- 

 palax.] 



I. GENERIC NAMES. 



The following generic names are open to comment, and are 

 noticed in the order of their occurrence in the 'Lehrbuch,' 

 only those being mentioned which are not synonyms of 

 earlier names, or which preoccupy later names. 



Oryx (p. 672). =Monodon Linn., but of even date with Oryx 

 Blainville for a genus of Antelopes. As Blainville's name has 

 long been in current use and was published very early in the 

 year 1816, there is no reason to question its tenability. It 

 probably has a slight priority over Oryx Oken. 



Viscaccia (p. 835). By restriction Viscaccia Oken equals 

 Viscaccia Schinz, 1825. The authority is simply carried back 

 to Oken. (See further on this case Allen, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Wash., XV, 1902, p. ). 



Citellus (p. 842). Type Mus citellus Linn., 1766. *=Sper- 

 mophile F. Cuvier, same type. (" . . . . je donnerai au 

 groupe dont le Souslik devient le type, le nom de Spermo- 

 phile." F. Cuvier, Me*m. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat., IX, 1822, p. 

 304). Or: Spermophiles F. Cuvier, in Dents des Mamm., 

 1825, p. 1 60, where he again says: "Ce genre est forme* du 

 souslic.' 



Also = Citillus Lichtenstein, 1830, primarily, and also by 

 restriction. Lichtenstein separated the "europaischen Ziesel 

 (dem polnischen Suslik} " as the type of a group which he took 

 out of Cuvier's genus Spermophilus, leaving the other species 



