MILLER AND REHN: NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 05 



Order EDENTATA. 



Family MYRMECOPHAGIDAE. 



Genus CYCLOPES Gray. 



Cyclopes didactylus (Linnaeus), p. 9, is confined to South 

 America. The Central American animal is : 

 Cyclopes dorsalis (Gray). 

 1865. Cyclothurus dorsalis Gray, Proc. zool. soc. London, 



1865, p. 385, pi. 19. 

 1900. C\_yclopes~\ d\idactylus~\ dorsalis Thomas, Ann. and 



mag. nat. hist., 7th ser., vi, p. 302. September, 1900. 

 1902. Cyclopes dorsalis Bangs, Bull. mus. comp. zool., xxxix, 



p. 20. April, 1902. 

 Type locality. — Costa Rica. 



Genus Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, p. 9, should stand as : 

 Genus TAMANDUAS F. Cuvier. 



1829. Tamanduas F. Cuyiee, Diet, des sci. nat., lix, p. 



501. 

 1901. Tamanduas Allen, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xiv, 



p. 92. June 19,1901. 

 Type. — ■ Myrmecophaga tetradactyla Linnaeus. 



Genus Falcifer Rehn, p. 10. This name has been shown 

 (Thomas, Amer. nat., xxxv, p. 143, February, 1901, and Allen, 

 Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xiv, p. 91, June 19, 1901) to be a 

 synonym of : 



Genus MYRMECOPHAGA Linnaeus. 



1758. Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, Syst. nat., x ed., i, p. 35. 

 1901. Myrmecophaga Thomas, Amer. nat., xxxv, p. 144. 

 February, 1901. 



