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rather than to make new Latin names. If the Romans had known America, is it 
certain that the names made from their language would have been adopted by mod- 
ern writers instead of those of the country (i. e., native names), especially when the 
endings were in accord with the rules of their language? At least the chances would 
have been in favor of the adoption of the latter, and in choosing them, there would 
be the double advantage of being logical and of not making ‘neologisms.’ (Climat du 
Brésil, p. 329, 1872.) 
The objection to barbarous names has diminished of late, and many of 
those rejected by Illiger and others are now coming into general use 
for groups for which no earlier classical derivatives are available. 
Some of these words have been adopted practically without change, 
as for example: 
Agouti. Coendou. Mara. Serval. 
Adjidaumo. Galago. Margay. Sika. 
Alouatta. Guereza. Memina. Tatu.«* 
Avahi. Indri. Ochotona. Tayassu. 4 
Babirussa. Kerivoula. Pudu.^4 Tenrec. 
Bondar. Lama. Rusa. Vizcacia. 
Chaus. Linsang. Saimiri. Zebu. @ 
Others have been modified to give them Latin endings, as— 
Baginia. Conepatus. Mangusta. Salanoia. 
Bandicota. Fennecus. Mazama. Siamanga. 
Barangia. Jaguarius. Nandinia. Simenia. 
Bettongia. Kangurus. Nesokia. Suricata. 
Cabassous. Kiodotus. Okapia. Tapirus. 
Cariacus. Kobus. Ouakaria. Tupaia. 
Coassus. Manatus. Potorous. Unaüs. 
“NONSENSE NAMES.’ 
Finally, reference should be made to names which have been ‘coined’ 
and which have no true derivation. These are merely arbitrary 
groups of letters sometimes known as ‘nonsense names.’ They have 
been proposed by authors who, like Ameghino, Gray, and Lataste, 1n 
making many names have found the usual sources insufficient or 
unsatisfactory. These names may be divided into two groups: (a) 
Coined or nonsense names, like Azema, Blarina, Degonia, Kogia, and 
Tatera, and (b) anagrams,’ such as— 
Caliphrium from Licaphrium. Diocartherium from Cardiotherium. 
Cephanodus from Phenacodus. Eirara from Eraria. 
Chiroscaptor from Scaptochirus. Genysccelus from Ccelogenys. 
Chochilius from Icochilus. Glisorex from Sorexglis. 
Colus from &uloc. Ideodelphys from Eodidelphys. 
Corsira from Corsair (?). Lymodon from M ylodon. 
Cutia from Acuti. Machlydotherium from Chlamydotherium. 
Decastis from Acdestis. Magestus from Megastus. 


* The apparently barbarous form of words ending in u disappears if they are treated 
as Latin neuter nouns of the fourth declension, like cornu, genu, ete. 
P For some striking examples of anagrams in other classes, see Gill, Osprey, V, 
pp. 142-143, Sept., 1901. 
