ZArODID^.— ZAPUS— Z. HUDSONIUS— 8YJJONYMY. 



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tamaricinus, :neiiduinus LinGmol."; the aiitlior qtn)tes " C'erhUlus Desm." aa 

 a synonym; the diagnosis of tlie genus is not applicable ioZapus; nnd, ns 

 if to clinch the matter, Illiger expressly enumerates " Dij^us canadensis Shaw" 

 under a preceding genus, Dipus. Hence it is clear that Meriones, as proposed 

 by Illiger, had no reference, even by implication, to the American type Zapus. 

 But, a few years afterward, in 1826, Fred. Cuvier (Dents des Mamniif. etc. 

 p. 187) committed the Gallicism of Miriones, and said : "Le type de ce genre 

 est le dipu* americanu», de Barton." without the slightest allusion to Illiger, — 

 just as if he were proirosing a new genus. All that he did, however, was 

 (o transfer lUiger's name to a totally different generic type, to which Illiger 

 never intended it to apply. The case is parallel with that of Wagler's nnd 

 Wag' jr's transferriftg of Jaculun from certain Old World types to the Ameri- 

 can one. It is immaterial whether or not Meriones is tenable for the group 

 upon which Illiger based it ; it certainly cannot stand for any other group. 



Hence it is clear that the American animal never had a name based upon 

 itself, nor any teiukble name, until Zapus was proposed. In establishing the 

 genu.s I thought it unnecessary to more than briefly allude to the facts in the 

 case ; but, as I observe some indisposition to coincide in this instance with 

 my views, I have thought proper to set forth my reasons at length. 



ZAPUS HUDSONIUS, Coues. 



SYNONYMY. 



IHpmt htid$omuu, Zi>»iBBi(.kNN, Gfoj;. Gescli. ii, 1780, 358, Nu. 36H (based on' tbo Long-legged Honseof 

 Hndnon's Bay, of Pennant).— B<)DD.£KT, Elencb. Anini. i, 1784, 110 (based on Zimniermaun). — 

 SciiRKBEK, "Siiug. . . . 8Gl,No.G".— Fischer, Syn.Mamin. 1829, 340(bns«d on Zimmormnnn), 



Gerbiliat iadtoiiim; BAriNEsqUK, Am. Moutb. Mng. 1818, 446.— LESSON, Man. i, 1827, !i&7. 



Umaan kuito»iem», AcDi'BON &. B.vchmax, Q. N. A. ii, 1801, 2.'>1, pi. 80. 



JatmUu kudttmiiu, Baibq, M. N. A. 1807, 430, pi. '21, f 5 <i-«.-Nkwberry, P. R. B. Bep. vi, 1807, 59 (Cali- 

 fornia). — Baird, P. R. B. Bc>p. x, IH^VJ, Oininison'H &^ Bi>.cl<witb'» Bouteg, Mauini. p. 8.— 

 CooPEK it Buckley, Not. Hist. Wusb. Terr. 18C0, 83, 101, IBT'.— IIaydkn, Trans. Anier. 

 Pbilo^ Sac. xii, 1862, 147 (Fort Union).— Samuels, Nintb Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 1862, 

 178 (babils).- Gilpin, Proc. &, Trjins Nova Scotia Inst, ii, 1870, 60 (Nova Scotia).— Allen, 

 BalL Mm. Cofnp. Zool. i, 1870, 226 (Mnssacbusetts).— Tknnky, Am. Nat. vi, 1872, 330, f. 101 

 (habit*).- Mkrbiam, Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Snrv. Terr, for 1871, 1872, 665.— Amfji, Bnll. Minn. 

 Acad, i, 1874, 70 (Minnesota).— Allen, Bnll. Ess. Inst, vi, 1874, 60, O!) (Wyoming and Utah). 



Zafut h*i$omiK3, lUtcts, Boll. U. 8. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. 'Jd scr. No. 5, 1875, 254.— C'oUK8& Yarrow, 

 Zoul. Eipl. W. 100 Merid. 1875, 99. 



ifaa iMf <i>a, ZmMEBM AUK, Penn. Arkt. Zool. i, 1787, 131 (erroneous identification with ilui Umgipet aueU). 



Mu» camadtatu, •' PKSNAirr " ( merely Lotin rendering of " Canada rat " f ). 



7>ip<i« ooaadnm. Daties, Trans. Linn. Soc. iv, 1798, 157, pi. 8, f. 5, 6 (".Tumping Mouse of Canada"). — 

 Sbaw, Gen. Zool. ii, 1801, 192, pi. 161 (after Davie8).—Tt)RTON, Syst, Nat. i, 180<), 100.— Ord, 

 Oothtie's Geog. 2d Am. et\. 1815, 292.— Fischer, Syn. Manim. 1829, 339. 



OmUUiu (Muaiam; Desmakcst, Manini. ii, 1822, .131.— Haiilan, Fn. Ani«r.l825, 150.— Godhan, Am. Nat 

 Hist, ii, Isted. 1826, p. — ; 2d ed. 1831, 94, pi. — ; 3d ed. 1861, 94.— Griffith, Aniiu. Kingd. 

 V, tH27, 2W, No. 624.- Emmons, R«p. Quad. Mass. 1840, 69.- Thompson, Nat. Hist. Vermont, 

 I8KI, 4i.— Hau., Canad. Nat. & Geol. vi, 1861, :!04 (Montreal). 



