86 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
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Ailurin * (subgenus of Felis) Gervais, 1855. Fer, Felide. 
Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm., II, 86-87, 1 fig. in text, 1855. 
Aelurina Git, Arrangement Fam. Mamm., 60, 1871. 
Ailurina 'TRovEssaRT, Cat. Mamm., Carnivores, in Bull. Soc. d' Études Scientif. 
d' Angers, Suppl. l'année 1884, 100, 1885. 
Type: Felis planiceps Vigors & Horsfield, from Sumatra. 
Ailurin: aiAovpos, cat. 
Ailurogale Firzincrer, 1869. Fer, Felidze. 
Sitzungsber. Mat.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, LX, Iste Abth., 249-251, 1869. 
Type: Felis planiceps Vigors & Horsfield, from Sumatra. 
See Ailurin Gervais, 1855; and Jetailurus Severtzow, 1858. 
Ailurogale: aihovpos, cat; yaar, weasel. 
Ailurogale Fito. (see #lurogale). Ferze, Felidee. 
Ailuropoda MirxE-Epbwanps, 1870. Ferz, Ursidee. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 5* sér., Zool., XIII, art. No. 10, 1870; Comptes Rendus, 
Paris, LX X, 342, 1870. 
Ailuropus Mitne-Epwarps, Nouv. Archives Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, VII, Bull. 
92, 1871; Recherches Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 321-338; II, pls. 50-56, 1873. 
Atluropus LypDEKKER, in Flower & Lydekker’s Mamm., Living & Extinct, 560— 
561, fig. 256, 1891. 
Type: Ursus melanoleucus David, from Moupin, eastern Tibet. 
Ailuropoda: Ailurus; z0vs, foot—from the resemblance of its feet to those of 
Ailurus. 
Ailurops Wacrrn, 1880. Marsupialia, Phalangeridee. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 26, 1830; THomas, Cat. Marsup. & Monotrem. Brit. 
Mus., 193, 1888 (in synonymy, type fixed). 
Alurops AGaAssiz, Nomenclator Zool., Index Univ., 9, 1846; ed. 2, p. 34, 1848. 
Species, 4: Phalangista ursina Temminck (type), from Celebes; P. chrysorrhos 
Temminek, P. maculata "Temminck, and P. cavifrons Temminck, from the 
Malay Archipelago. Name antedated by Ceonix Temminck, 1827. 
May be preoccupied by Ailurops Michaelles, 1850, a genus of Reptilia. 
Ailurops: aihovpos, cat; 6%, aspect—tronr its size and general appearance. 
Ailuropus Mitne-Epwarps, 1871. Fer, Ursidee, 
Nouv. Archives Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, VII, Bull. 92, 1871; Recherches Hist. 
Nat. Mamm., I, 321—338, II, pls. 50-56, 1873; Gervais, Journ. Zool., IV, 87. 
1875 (in synonymy ). 
Aluropus LYDEKKER, in Flower & Lydekker’s Mamm., Living & Extinct, 560- 
561, fig. 256, 1891. 
Emendation of Ailwropoda Milne-Edwards, 1870. ‘‘Le mot Ai/uropoda ayant été 
employé précédemment par M. Gray dans une acception différente [as a sec- 
tion, including the Cat-footed Carnivora—see Cat. Carn. Brit. Mus., pp. 3, 5, 
1869] j'ai cru devoir le modifier de la maniere indiquée ci-dessus."  (MirNE- 
Epwarps, Recherches, p. 321 footnote. ) 
Ailuropus is antedated by Pandarctos Gervais, 1870. 
Ailuropus: Ailurus; mots, foot—from the resemblance of its feet to those of 
Ailurus. 
Ailurus F. Cuvier, 1825. Fer, Procyonid:e. 
Hist. Nat. Mamm., V, livr. L, pl. with 3 pp., text under ‘Panda,’ June, 1825. 
Aelurus AGAssiz, Nomenclator Zool., Index Univ., 9, 1846; Van per Horven, 
Handb. Dierkunde, 2d ed., II, 1015, 1855. 
Alurus FLowEn, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, 752-769, 10 figs. in text. 
Type: Ailurus fulgens F. Cuvier, from the southeastern Himalayas, India. 

* Possibly only a common name in the first reference, but used as a genus by Gill, 
and as a subgenus by Trouessart. 
