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Athrodon—Continued. 
Athrodon: Chpoos, crowded together; 65@v—0ddo0vs, tooth. ‘‘The tall trihedral 
crowns [of the molars] are closely applied at their sides, thus falling into a 
curve." (OSBORN). 
Athylax (see Atilax). Fere, Viverride. 
Atilax F. Cuvirr, 1826. Fere, Viverridee. 
Hist. Nat. Mamm., V, livr. trv, pl. with 2 pp. text under ‘ Vansire,’ June, 1826. 
Athylax Buatnvittr, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 2° sér., VIII, 272, Nov., 1837; 
I. Grorrroy, Mag. Zool., 2° sér., I, Mamm. (pls. 17-19), pp. 24, 25, 1839; Gray, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 556-560, 1 fig. in text; THomas, Proc. Zool. 
Soc., London, 1882, 72-73. 
Based on the Vansire of Buffon, tir vansire F. Cuvier (— Mustela. galera 
Erxleben) from South Africa (nec Madagascar, fide THomas, l. c.). 
Atilax (Athylax): à, without; 60Aa@é, pouch—‘‘par la considération de toute 
absence de poche à l'anus."  (CuvrER.) 
Atlantoxerus (subgenus of Xerus) ForsyrH-Masor, 1893. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1893, 189, pl. viu fig. 9, pl. rx fig. 9, June 1, 1893; 
TnovEssART, Cat. Mamm. new ed., fasc. rr, 405, 1897; THowas, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. London, 1897, 933. 
Type: Verus getulus ( Linnzeus), from northwest Africa. 
Atlantoxerus: A’tAas, drA«vros, the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa; 
-- Xerus—in allusion to the habitat of the type species. 
Atophyrax Merriam, 1884. Insectivora, Soricidee. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. N. Y., II, 217-222, pl., Aug., 1884; N. Am. Fauna, No. 10, 
95-98, pl. x figs. 1-4, pl. xii figs. 1-3, 1895. 
Type: Atophyrax bendirii from Fort Klamath, Oregon. 
Atophyrax: &rozos, anomalous; veaé, shrew—on account of its differences from 
other shrews, and because, in some respects, it is intermediate between Sorex 
and JVeosorex. 
Atryptherium AwEcniNo, 1887. Ungulata, Toxodontia, Nesodontidze. 
Enum. Sist. Especies Mamif. Fós. Patagonia Austral, 18, Dec., 1887. 
Type: Atryptherium bifurcatum Ameghino, from the Lower Tertiary of southern 
Patagonia. 
Extinet. 
Atryptherium: d, negative; rpvz&c, to burrow; 07020v, wild beast. 
Auchenia IrurGER, 1811. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Camelidee. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 105, 1811. 
Auchenias WAGNER, in Wiegmann’s Archiv Naturgesch., 1843, T, 549. 
Species: Camelus glama Linnzeus, from the mountains of Peru; and €. vicugna 
Gmelin, from the Cordillera in the provinces of Coquimbo and Copiapo, Chile. 
Name preoceupied by Auchenia Thunberg, 1789, agenus of Coleoptera. Replaced 
by Dromedarius Wagler, 1830, and by Neoauchenia Ameghino, 1891. (See 
Lama Frisch, 1775.) 
Auchenia: &vy9)v, neck—in allusion to the long neck. 
Auchippodus (see Anchippodus). Tillodontia, Anchippodontide. 
Auchippus (see Anchippus). Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Equide. 
Aulacocherus Gray, 18738. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suid:e. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XI, 435, June, 1873; Hand-List Edentate, 
Thick-skinned and Rumin. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 58, 1873. 
Type: Sus vittatus S. Müller, from Java (Cat. Carniv. Pachyderm., & Edentate 
Mamm., 332, 1869). 
Aulacocherus: coa, abiakos, furrow; yozpos, hog—in allusion to the sheath 
of the upper canines of the male. 
Aulacodes (see Aulacodus). Glires, Octodontidze, 
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