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Ammodon-— Continued. 
Extinct. 
Ammodon: &uj0s, sand; 6d@v=060vs, tooth—probably in allusion to the fact 
that the type species was found near the coast. 
Ammodorcas THomas, 1891. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovid:e. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1891, pt. 1r, 207-210, pls. xxr-xxri, Aug. 1, 1891. 
Type: Ammodorcas clarkei Thomas, from the vicinity of Buroa Wells, about 
100 miles south of Berbera, central Somaliland, East Africa. 
Ammodorcas: Gujcos, sand; dopK ds, antelope, gazelle—from the dr y, sandy char- 
acter of its habitat. 
Ammomys Bonaparte, 1831. Glires, Murid:e, Microtinze. 
Saggio Dist. Metod. Anim. Vert., 20 footnote, 1831. 
Modification of Psammomys Le Conte, 1830, which is preoccupied by Psammomys 
Cretschmar, 1828, a genus of Glires. ‘Il nome Psammomys essendo stato 
dato quasi contemporaneamente ad un rosicatore delle vicinanze di Alessandria 
d' Egitto, prendiamo la libertà d" introdurre una piccola mutazione ortográfica 
nel nome dato al nucvo genere dal Sig. Leconte, la quale non ne cambia peró 
il significato." 
Ammomys: duuos, sand; uc, mouse—from the sandy character of the soil 
among the pines, where the animal frequently, though by no means exclusively, 
makes its home. 
Ammon BraiNviLLE, 1816. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Bull. Sci. Soc. Philomathique, Paris, livr. May, 1816, 76. 
Apparently merely another name for Oris. The genus * Ovis ou Ammon’ includes 
5 species: ‘1 4. M. corsicus et Ovis, 2 A. brachiatus, 3 A. cervinus, 4 [A.] lanosus, 
5 A. strepsicheros.”’ 
Ammon: Ajp@v (=Heb. Amon < Egypt. Amun, Amen, he who is hidden or 
concealed), a name of Jupiter, w orshiped in Africa under the form of a ram. 
Ammospermophilus (subg. of Spermophilus) Merriam, 1892. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VII, 27, Apr. 13, 1892; Trourssart, Cat. Mamm., Viv. et 
Foss., new. ed., fasc. 1r, 433-434, 1897; Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, 
190, July 1, 1897 (provisionally raised to generic rank—‘ subgenus or genus’ ). 
Type: Tamias leucurus Merriam, from the San Gorgonio Pass, near Whitewater 
station, Riverside County, California. 
Ammospermophilus: &ujeos, sand; -- Spermophilus—irom the sandy color of the 
pelage and the sandy character of the animal's desert habitat. 
Aimmotherium (see Amnotherium). Edentata, Megatheriid:e (Scelidotheride ). 
Ammotragus (subgenus of Ovis) Buyrn, 1840. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1840, No. LXX XVI, 13, July, 1840; No. XC, 75-77, 
78-79, Mar., 1841; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., VII, 257-258, 261, THe! 1841; 
Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., Ungulata, 179, 1852 (raised to generic rank). 
Type: Ovis tragelaphus Pallas, from North Africa. 
Ammotragus: dujeos, sand; rpcy oc, goat—from the color. 
Amnotherium AmeEGHINoO, 1891. Edentata, Megatheriid:e (Scelidotheride) . 
Nuevos Restos Mamíf. Fós. Patagonia Austral, p. 39, Aug., 1891. 
Ammotherium, Revista Argentina Hist. Nat., I, entr. 5, p. 325, Oct. 1, 1891. 
Type: Amnotherium profundatum Ameghino, from the Lower Eocene of southern 
Patagonia. 
Extinet. 
Amnotherium (Ammotherium): &upos, sand; Gypiov, wild beast. 
Amodus (see Ancodon). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriid:e. 
E e. Prrkns, 1877. Chiroptera, Natalidee. 
Monatsber. K. Pr. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1877, 185; Dosson, Cat. Chiroptera Brit, 
Mus., m 1878. 
