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Callomys D’Orsiany & GrEorrnoy, 1830. Glires, Chinchillidze. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, X XI, 289-290, Nov., 1830. 
Based on the viscacha and the chinchilla of South America. Callomys was estab- 
lished for the reception of Callomys viscacia D'Orbigny & Geoffroy, Mus laniger 
. Molina, and Callomys aureus D'Orbigny & Geoffroy (=Lagidium perwanum 
Meyen, 1833?). It preoccupies Calomys Waterhouse, 1837, a subgenus of Hes- 
peromys. 
Callomys: «Aós, beautiful; ss, mouse. 
Callomys (see Calomys). Glires, Murid:e, Cricetinz. 
Callophoca Van BENEDEN, 1876. Ferze, Pinnipedia, Phocidze. 
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, 2e sér., XLI, 798, 1876. 
Type: Callophoca obscura Van Beneden, from the Antwerp basin, Belgium (‘‘la 
trolsióme section’’). 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘une partie du bassin et les principaux os des membres." 
Callophoca: KaNos, beautiful; Pe«y, seal. 
Callorhinus Gnav, 1859. Fere, Pinnipedia, Otariide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, 359; Jorpan & Crank, Rept. Fur-Seal Invest., 
pt. 3, pp. 2-4, 1899. 
Callirhinus Git, Arrangement Fam. Mamm., 69, 1872 (emendation). 
Callorhynchus (‘TURNER’) GnEVvÉ, Nova Acta K. Leop. Carol. Deutsch. Akad. 
Naturf., LX VI, 322, 1896. 
Type: Arctocephalus ursinus (= Phoca ursina Linneeus), from Bering Island, Ber- 
ing Sea. 
Name preoccupied by Callirhinus Blanchard, 1850, a genus of Coleoptera; and by 
Callirhinus Girard, 1857, a genus of Reptilia. Replaced by Callotaria Palmer, 
1892. 
Callorhinus: KaAos, beautiful; Ais, 10s, nose. 
Callorhynchus (‘TuRNER’) GREVE, 1896. Fer:e, Pinnipedia, Otariidee. 
Nova Acta K. Leop.-Carol. Deutsch. Akad. Naturf., LX VI, 322, 1896. 
Evidently a lapsus for Callorhinus Gray, 1859. The name occurs only in the 
synonymy of Arctocephalus antarcticus and is erroneously credited to Turner. 
Callorhynchus: Kalos, beautiful; 6Uyyos, snout. 
Callosciurus (subgenus of Sciurus) Gray, 1867. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XX, 277, Oct., 1867; THomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1897, 933 (type mentioned). 
Type: Sciurus rafflesii Vigors & Horsfield, 1828 (=S. prevostii Desmarest, 1820), 
from Sumatra. 
Callosciurus: Kad6s, beautiful; +Seiwrus—probably from the colors of the pelage. 
Callospermophilus (subg. of Spermophilus) Merriam, 1897. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, 189 footnote, July 1, 1897; N. Am. Fauna No. 16 
p. 90, Oct. 28, 1899 (raised to generic rank). 
Type: Sciurus lateralis Say, from the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado. 
Callospermophilus: iaAós, beautiful; +Spermophilus. 
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Callotaria Parmer, 1892. Ferz, Pinnipedia, Otariidee. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VII, 156, July 27, 1892; SrEjNEGER, Bull. U. S. Fish 
Comm., XVI, for 1896, 20, 60, 66, 1897. 
Collotaria ALLEN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VIT, 187, June 19, 1895 (misprint). 
New name for Callorhinus Gray, 1859, which is preoccupied by Callirhinus 
Blanchard, 1850, a genus of Coleoptera; and by Callirhinus Girard, 1857, a 
genus of Reptilia. 
Callotaria: k«Aós, beautiful; + Otaria, a genus of fur seals. 
