ARCTONY X—ARCTOTHERIUM. LS 
Arctonyx F. Cuvier, 1825. Fere, Mustelidze. 
Hist. Nat. Mamm., V, livr. 11, pl. with 2 pp. text under ‘Bali-saur,’ Sept., 1825. 
Type: Arctonyx collaris F. Cuvier, from the mountains between Bhutan and Hin- 
dostan, northeastern India. 
Arctonyx: &pkros, bear; ovvé, claw—tfrom the long, slightly curved, blunt 
claws 
Arctophoca (subgenus of Otaria) PETERS, 1866. Fere, Pinnipedia, Otariide. 
Monatsb. K. Pr. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 276, Taf. 1, 4, B, c, 1866; Gray, Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., IV, 269, Oct., 1869 (raised to generic rank). 
Artophoca ScuppER, Nomenclator Zool., pt. 1, 55, 1882 (misprint). 
Type: Otaria philippii Peters, from Juan Fernandez, Chile. 
Arctophoca: &pKros, bear; GO«Kn, seal. 
Arctopithecus (‘Grorrroy’) Virey, 1819. Primates, Hapalidee. 
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., XX XI, 279, 1819; Bownrcu, Anal. Nat. Class. 
Mamm., 17, 1821; RrrGEN, Natürliche Eintheilung Siiugthiere, Giessen, 32 
[Tafel?], 1824. 
Antopithecus F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., LIX, 401, 1829 (misprint in synonymy). 
The name is given as a synonym of Hapale Illiger, 1811. It was used by 
Geoffroy (Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., XIX,118-122, 1812) as a supergenerie or 
group term, Arctopitheci, including the two genera Jacchus and Midas.* *'Plu- 
sieurs auteurs citent dans la synonymie générique, le nom d' Arctopithecus qu'ils 
attribuent à M. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Ona déjà vu que ce zoologiste nommait 
Arctopitheques la tribu que nous appelons Hapaliens avec la plupart des auteurs: 
Arctopithecus n?a jamais été pour lui un nom générique." (I. Grorrroy, Cat. 
Méth. Coll. Mamm., 59, 1851.) 
Arctopithecus: &pkros, bear; ziünkos, ape. 
Arctopithecus Gray, 1850. Edentata, Brady podid:e. 
[List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. xxviii—nomen nudum, ex Gesner, 1551]; 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1849, No. CXCIV, 65, 70-73, pl. xr, Jan.-June, 1850. 
Species, 5: Bradypus gularis Rüppell, from Guiana; <Arctopithecus marinoratus 
Gray, from Brazil; A. blainvillii Gray, from tropical America; 1. flaccidus 
Gray, from Venezuela, and A. problematicus Gray, from Para, Brazil. (See 
Arctopithecus Virey, 1819.) 
Arctopithecus: &picros, bear; ziünkos, ape. 
Arctotherium Bravarp, 1857. Ferze, Ursidee. 
** Observations Géologiques sur le Bassin de La Plata, Buenos Aires, 1857; ** Cat. 
Espéees d'Animaux Foss. recueillis dans l' Amérique du Sud, de 1852 à 1860 
(Broch. lithogr., 5 pp., 4°), Parana, 1860" (fide Gervais, Zool. et Paléont. 
Gén., 1* sér., 131, 1867-69) ; ZirrrEL, Handb. Paleeont., IV, 3te Lief., 641, 1893. 
Species: Arctotherium latidens Bravard, and A. angustidens Bravard, from the Plio- 
cene of the La Plata basin, Argentina. 
Extinct. 
Arctotherium: &p«Ktos, bear: Inpiov, wild beast. 
Arctotherium Lemoine, 1896. Creodonta, Arctocyonide. 
Bull. Soc. Géol. de France, 3° sér., XXIV, No. 5, pp. 340, 342-343, pl. xiv, fig. 1, 
June, 1896. 
Type: Arctotherium cloézii Lemoine, from the Lower Eocene of Jonchery, near 
Reims, France. 
Name preoccupied by Arctotheriwin Bravard 1857, a genus of Ursidee. 
Extinct. Based on a right lower jaw. 
Arctotherium: &pKros, bear; Inpiov, wild beast. 

*The name ‘ Les Arctopithéques’ is used by I. Geoffroy for a family of American 
monkeys, including Jacchus and Midas. (Cours d' Hist. Nat., 10° Legon, 4 Juin, 1828, 
26-27, 1834.) 
