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Caprios Water, 1830. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 14, 1830. 
New name for Mygale Cuvier, 1800, which is said to be preoccupied in entomology 
[by Mygale Latreille, 1802(?) a genus of Arachnida]. 
Cuprios: Kamptos, likea wild boar—‘qui rostrum porci instar habet. (WaAGLER.) 
Insectivora, Talpid:e. 
Capriscus GrocER, 1841. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suidee. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxii, 150, 1841; Tuomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 191, 193, Feb. 1, 1895. 
Type: Sus papuensis Lesson & Garnot, from New Guinea. 
Name preoccupied by Capriscus Rafinesque, 1810, a genus of Pisces. 
Capriscus: Kampt6Kos, dim. of x&zpos, wild boar. 
Caprolagus Brvru, 1845. Glires, Leporid:e. 
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XIV, pt. 1, No. 160, 247-249, 1 pl., Jan.-June, 1845. 
Carpolagus Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XX, 225, Sept., 1867 (mis- 
print). 
Type: Lepus hispidus Pearson, from Assam, India. 
Caprolagus: i«zpos, wild boar; Aay@s, hare—probably in allusion to the coarse, 
bristly fur. 
Capromeryx Marruew, 1902. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee? 
3ull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., X VI, 318-319, Sept. 25, 1902. 
Type: Capromeryx furcifer Matthew, from the Pleistocene of Hay Springs, near 
the Niobrara River, Nebraska. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘a small jaw containing p,-m3.”’ 
Capromeryx: Capra; “7jpvé, ruminant. 
Capromys Desmarest, 1822. | Glires, Octodontide. 
Jull. Sei. Soe. Philomathique, Paris, 185-188, Dec., 1822; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat., 
I, for Dec., 1822, 57-60, 1823; WArERHOUSE, Nat. Hist. Mamm., II, Rodentia, 
286-294, 1848. 
Type: Capromys fournieri Desmarest ( — Isodon pilorides Say), from Cuba. 
Capromys: k«&zpos, wild boar; 0s, mouse—from the animal’s alleged resem- 
blance to a wild boar in general appearance, character of hair, color, and man- 
ner of running. M. Desmarest ‘‘ propose de lui donner le nom de Capromys, 
voulant indiquer par cette désignation un certain rapport d’aspect, que les 
poiles grossiers de ces animaux, leurs couleurs générales, la maniére dont ils 
courent, etc., leur donnent avec les sangliers." 
Caprovis Hopason, 1847. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVI, pt. rr, new ser., No. 7, 702-704, July-Dec., 1847. 
Type: Ovis musimon (Pallas), from Corsica or Sardinia. 
Caprovis: Capra —- Ovis. 
Caracal Gray, 1843. Fere, Felidze. 
[Caracala Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. xx, 1843—nomen nudum]; 
Ibid., p. 46; Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, 277; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & 
Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., 58, 1869. 
Type: Caracal melanotis Gray (= Felis caracal Schreber), from Africa. 
Caracal: French caracal—‘‘said to be from Turkish gara qulaq; qara, black, 
qulaq, ear." (Century Dict. ) 
Carcarotherium (see Cadurcotherium ). Ungulata, Amynodontid:e. 
Carcinodon Scorr, 1892. Creodonta, Uintacyonide. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov. 29, 1892, 323. 
Type: Mioclenus filholianus Cope, from the Puerco Eocene of New Mexico, 
Extinct, 
