APLODONTIA—ARCH ZLURUS. Lf 
Aplodontia—Continued. 
Type: Aplodontia leporina Richardson (=Anisonyx rufa Rafinesque), from the 
lower Columbia River. 
Aplodontia: &zAóos, single, simple; 0009s, tooth—from the simple structure of 
the molars. 
Apodemus Kavr, 1829. Glires, Muride, Murin:e. 
Entw.-Gesch. und Naturl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, I, 150, 154, 1829. 
Type: Mus agrarius, from Europe. 
Apodemus: &zóó5uos, away from home, abroad—in other words, living in the 
fields (compare name of the type species). 
Aporotus Du Bus, 1868. Cete, Physeteridze. 
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. de Belgique, 2° sér., XXV, No. 5, pp. 626-627, 1868. 
Species, 3: Aporotus recurvirostris Du Bus, A. affinis Du Bus, and 4. dicyrtus Du Bus, 
from the Antwerp Crag, Belgium. 
Extinct. 
Apternodus MarrHew, 1903. Insectivora, Leptictidee. 
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIX, 202-204, fig. 2, May 9, 1903. 
Type: Apternodus medixvus Matthew, from the White River Oligocene of Pipe- 
stone Springs, Jefferson County, Montana. 
Extinct. Based on the posterior half of a lower jaw with two complete molars 
and the root of another. à 
Apternodus: dà, without; zréova, heel; 66 os, tooth—in allusion to the third lower 
molar, which has the heel much smaller than in the Centetidze ( Tenrecidz). 
Apterodon P. Friscugn, 1881. Creodonta, Hyzenodontidee. 
Bull. Soc. Géol. de France, 3* sér., VILI, for 1879-80, 288-290, No. IV, June, 1881; 
No. V, 288-290, Aug., 1881. 
Type: Apterodon gaudryi Fischer, from the Phosphorites of Quercy, France. 
Extinct. Based on a lower jaw. 
Apterodon: &, without; zrepóv, wing; 0d@v=06 ovs, tooth—from the form of the 
lower molars. 
Aquias Gray, 1847. = Chiroptera, Rhinolophidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, 15-16; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XIX, 408, 1847. 
Species: Rhinolophus luctus Temminck, from India; and R. trifoliatus Temminck, 
from Jaya. 
Arachnocebus Lesson, 1840. Primates, Lemurid:e. 
Species Mamm., 207, 243-244, 1840; Nouv. Tabl. Régne Anim., Mamm., 10, 1842. 
Type: Nycticebus lori Fischer, from Ceylon. Antedated by Loris E. Geoffroy, 
1796. 
Arachnocebus: apayvn, spider; «7/05, a monkey—in allusion to the long, thin 
body and slender limbs. 
Arzosciurus (subgenus of Sciurus) Netson, 1899. Glires, Sciurid:e. 
Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., I, 29-80, 88, pl. 1, fig. 3, May 9, 1899. 
Type: Sciurus oculatus Peters, from Mexico, probably near Las Vigas, Vera Cruz. 
Araosciurus: &paos, slender; -- Scimus. 
Arceus Gorpruss, 1809. Fer, Ursidee. 
Vergleich. Naturbeschreib. Sáugeth., pp. xix, 301-302, 1809. 
Type: Arceus niger Goldfuss, from the vicinity of Patna, Bengal, India. Based 
on the Ursiform Sloth of Pennant. (See Melursus Meyer, 1793. ) 
Arceus: Apkevs, a leader of the Persians. 
Archelurus Corr, 1879. ,Ferz, Felidee. 
Am, Nat., XIII, 798a-798b, Dec. 4,1879; ‘‘Paleont. Bull., No. 31, p. 3, Dec. 24, 
1879”: Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XVIII, 372, Dec. 30, 1879; Tert. Vert., 953, 
1885 (dates of publication). 
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