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Apheliscus—Continued. 
Type: Prototomus insidiosus Cope, from the Eocene of New Mexico. 
Extinct. 
Apheliscus: G@pedns, even, smooth; + dim. suffix-iscus—ftrom the absence of the 
heel of the last lower molar, which is present in Pantolestes. 
Aphelops Corr, 1873. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotide. 
Paleeont. Bull. No. 14, pp. 1-2, July 25, 1873; Syn. New Vert. Colorado, 14, 1873. 
Type: Aceratherium megalodus Cope, from the Miocene of Colorado. 
Extinct. ‘‘Represented by a perfect cranium with dentition of both jaws nearly 
complete, with large portions of skull and dentition with other bones of other 
specimens.”’ 
Aphelops: &qeAns, smooth; od, face 

in allusion to the absence of a horn. 
Aphelotherium Gervais, 1848-52. Primates, Adapid:e. 
Zool. et Paléont. Franc., 1° éd., IT, Expl. pl. No. 34, 1848-52; 2° éd., 170-171, 
pl. 34 figs. 12-13, pl. 35 fig. 10, 1859. 
Type: Aphelotherium duvernoyi Gervais, from the Eocene gypsum beds in the 
vicinity of Paris, France. 
Extinct. Based on a portion of a lower jaw found near Paris, and also some 
lower molars from la butte de Peréal, near Apt, Dépt. Vaucluse, France. 
Aphelotherium: Gpedrs, even, smooth; 67pzor, wild beast—probably from the 
‘even and continuous’ dental series. 
Aphrontis (subgenus of Sciurus) Scuutze, 1898. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Zeitschr. Naturwiss., Leipzig, 5te Folge, IV, 165, 1893. 
Type: Seiurus vulgaris Linneeus, from Europe. 
Name antedated by Sciurus Linnzeus, 1758. 
Aphrontis: à porre, free from eare—irom the animal s lively manner and habits. 
[Apholidemys Pome, 1847. Reptilia, Testudinata. 
Archiv. Sci. Phys. et Nat., Bibl. Univ. Genéve, IV, 328, 1847; C. O. WATER- 
HOUSE, Index Zool., 27, 1902. 
Species: .pholidemiys sublevis Pomel, and A. granosa Pomel. 
A group of extinct turtles inadvertently given as a genus of mammals in the 
Index Zoologicus. ] 
Aplocerus (subg. of Antilope) H. Surrn, 1827. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Griffiith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingdom, V, 354-355, 1827. 
Haplocerus WAGNER, Suppl. Schreber's Sáugth., IV, 462, 1844. 
Haploceros LYDEKKER, in Flower & Lydekker's Mamm. Living and Extinct, 351, 
1891. 
Species, 3: Antilope lanigera Smith, from the mountains of northwestern America; 
A. mazema Smith, from the mountains of tropical America; and A. temmama- 
zama Smith, from the mountains of New Mexico. 
Aplocerus: &zAOos, simple; Képas, horn—in allusion to the short, curved horns. 
Aplodontia RicguanpsoN, 1829. Glires, Aplodontidee. 
Zool. Journ., IV, No. xv, pp. 333-336, Oct., 1828-Jan., 1829; Fauna Boreali- 
Americana, I, 210, 1829. 
Apludontia J. B. FiscHer, Synop. Mamm., 2d ed., addenda, p. 598, 1830. 
Haplodon Wacurr, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 22, 1830. 
Apluodontia Ricuarpson, Rept. Brit. Ass., V., for 1836, 150, 159, 1837. 
Haploodon and Hapludon, Branpt, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, sér. 6, 
VII, 150 footnote, 1855. 
Haploodon, Haploudon, Haploódus, Haplodus, Haploudus Cours, Mon. N. Am. 
Rodentia, 556-557, 1877 (discussion of etymology). 
Hapludus, Aploudontia, Haploudontia Cours, Century Dict., III, 2712, fig., 1889. 
