
A LIST OF THE GENERA AND FAMILIES OF 
MAMMALS. 49 

Genus, authority, and date. 
In honor of— 

Capaccinius Bonaparte, 1841.... ..... 
Carolibergia Mercerat, 1899 
Oarollia/Gr2y;1838:-22-2------2 70: 
Caroloameghinia Ameghino, 1901 .... 
Carolodarwinia Ameghino, 1901 
Carolozittelia Ameghino, 1901 
Choichephilum Ameghino, 1899....... 
Cuvierimys Gervais, 1848-52 .......... 
Guvierius Gray;180602---2---2.-—--.... 
Daubentonia Geoffroy, 1795........... 
Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 
Edvardocopeia Ameghino, 1901....... 
Edvardotrouessartia Ameghino, 1901 . 
Ernestohaeckelia Ameghino, 1901 .... 
Ernestokokenia Ameghino, 1901...... 
Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 
Euovwenia De Vis, 1891 
ADLICIANGIAY. 1 Sb0s een oe sce 
Flowerius Lilljeborg, 1867 
Garzonia Ameghino, 1891 
Grimmia Laurillard, 1841 

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Monsignor Francesco Capaccini, under secretary of state 
of Rome about 1833-34, and a patron of Bonaparte’s 
‘Teonografia della Fauna Italica,’ published in 1832-1841. 
Dr. Carlos Berg, 1843-1902, direetor of the Museo Nacional, 
Buenos Aires, 1892-1902; author of many papers, chiefly on 
entomology. 
? Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 1803-1857, Prince of Canino 
and of Musignano; author of ‘Iconografia della Fauna 
Italica," 1832-1341. 
Carlos Ameghino, who colleeted much of the material 
described by his brother, Dr. Florentino Ameghino. (See 
Ameginotherium.) 
Charles Robert Darwin, 1809-1882, author of ‘The Origin 
of Species,’ 1859; ‘The Descent of Man,’ 1871, etc. 
Karl Alfred von Zittel,1839- 
ontology, University of Munich; author of ‘Handbuch 
der Palzontologie,’ 1892-93. 
| Choiquefilu, an Araucanian Indian chief of Patagonia. 
Baron Georges Cuvier, 1769-1832; author of ‘Recherches 
sur les Ossemens Fossiles des Quadrupédes,’ 1812; ‘Le 
Regne Animal,’ 1817, etc. 
Baron Georges Cuvier. 
Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, 1716-1799, a co-worker of 
Buffon, and for many years eurator of the cabinet of 
, professor of geology and pale- 
Natural History of Paris; best known through his con- 
tributions (especially on anatomy) to Buffon's works. 
George Edward Dobson, 1848-1895, author of ‘Catalogue of 
Chiroptera in the British Museum,’ 1878, and ‘ Monograph 
of the Insectivora,’ 1882-1890. 
Edward Drinker Cope, 1840-1897, author of ‘Tertiary Ver- 
tebrata,’ 1885, and many papers on living and extinct 
vertebrates of America. 
Edouard Louis Trouessart,1842- , physician and naturalist 
of Paris; author of the ‘Catalogus Mammalium,' 1897-99, 
and numerous papers on mammals. 
Ernst Haeckel, 1834- 
Institut, Jena; author of ‘Generelle Morphogie,’ 1866; 
‘Syst. Phylogenie der Wirbelthiere,’ 1895, ete. 
| Ernst Koken, - , professor of geology, Tübingen. 
Daniel Fredrik Eschricht, 1798-1863, author of several im- 
portant papers on cetaceans. 
, professor of zoology, Zoologisches 
anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1834-1856; a 
director of the British Museum, 1856-1884; author of 
‘Odontography,’ 1840-1845; ‘Anatomy of Vertebrates,’ 
1866-1868, ete. 
| Otho Fabricius, 1744-1822, author of ‘ Fauna Greenlandica,’ 
1780. 
Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-1899, late director of the 
Natural History Museum, London, author of numerous 
important papers on cetaceans. 
Don Eleazar Garzon, governor of the province of Córdoba, 
Argentina. 
Dr. Hermann Nicholas Grimm, who, as early as 1686, 
described the species of antelope which now bears his 

name. 



