CAINOTHERIUM—CALLIGNATHUS. I5T 
Cainotherium— Continued. 
Cainotherium: | cav 0s, novel, strange; 07píov, wild beast—possibly in allusion 
to the teeth, which were of uniform height, a character peculiar to man alone 
among existing mammals. 
Calamodon Corr, 1874. Edentata, Ganodonta, Stylinodontide. 
Rept. Vert. Fossils New Mexico, 5-6, Nov. 28, 1874; Ann. Rept. Chief of Engi- 
neers U. S. A., App. FF 3, 593-594, 1874; Rept. U. S. Geog. Surv. West 100th 
Merid., IV, 162-170, pls. xxi figs. 13-17, xt, xu, xriv figs. 1-6, 1877. 
Type: Calamodon simplex Cope, from the Eocene of New Mexico. 
Conicodon Cope, 1894, has been proposed to replace Calamodon in case the latter 
is considered preoccupied by Calamodus Kaup, 1829, a genus of Aves. 
Extinct. 
Calamodon: k&Aaj os, reed; 06@v=66 ovs, tooth—probably in allusion to ‘* the 
thick coating of cementum which invests those portions of the molars and 
superior incisors which are not protected by enamel. In these teeth, it is 
thicker than the enamel, and forms thickened raised borders surrounding the 
latter)’ S (Corr 1. c:, 1877; 162°) 
Calcochloris Mivarr, 1867. Insectivora, Chrysochloride. 
Journ. Anat. & Physiology [I, No. II, 282, May, 1867—nomen nudum]; II, 
150, ** No; I, Nov., 1867." 
Chalcochloris Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, 75; DoBsoN, Mon. Insec- 
tivora, pt. 1, 109, 1885; W. L. ScLATER, Mamm. S. Africa, II, 168, 1901 (type). 
Type: Chrysochloris hottentotus A. Smith, from Cape Colony. 
Caleochloris (properly Chalcochloris): yaAx0s, copper, brass; YAwpds, greenish 
yellow—from the characteristic color of the fur. 
Calictis Gray, 1864. Ferze, Viverride. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 564-565; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., 162-165, 1869. 
Type: Herpestes smithii Gray, from Ceylon. 
Calictis: Kaos, beautiful; Z«r:s, weasel. 
Caliphrium AwzanriNo, 1895. Ungulata, Litopterna, Proterotheriide. 
Bol. Inst. Geog. Argentino, XV, cuad. 11-12, pp. 633-634, 1895 (sep., 33-34). 
Type: Caliphrium simplex Ameghino, from the Pyrotherium beds of Patagonia. 
Extinct. Based on the calcaneum, astragalus, and several fragments of mandib- 
ular rami with some molars. 
Caliphrium: Anagram of Licaphrium Ameghino, 1887. 
Callicebus THomas, 1903 (see p. 718). Primates, Hapalidee. 
Callidon Gray, 1871. Cete, Physeteride. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., VII, 368, 2 figs. in text, May, 1871. 
Calliodon "TRovEssART, Cat. Mamm., new ed., fasc. v, 1067, 1898 (misprint, in 
synonomy); C. O. WarERHOUSE, Index Zool., 407, 1902. 
Type: Mesoplodon güntheri Kretft, from Little Bay, near Sydney, New South Wales. 
Callidon: k«AA1-,* from «Aósc, beautiful; 08v —0600vs, tooth—from the form 
and surface of the tooth. 
Callignathus Girr, 1871. Cete, Physeteridee. 
Am. Naturalist, IV, No. 12, pp. 737-738, 740 footnote, figs. 168-171, Feb., 1871. 
Type: Euphysetes simus Owen, from Vizagapatam, Madras Presidency, east coast 
of India. 
Name preoccupied by Calignathus Costa, 1853, a genus of Pisces. 
Callignathus: k«Aós, beautiful; »v&60s, jaw—‘‘ on account of the symmetrically 
rounded lower jaw " (GILL). 


* “The first part of the word in many compounds, in which the notion of beautiful 
is added to the chief or simple notion; ««Ao- is much less frequent and later." 
(LipDELL & Scorr, Greek-English Lexicon). 
