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Castoroides—Continued. 
The name seems to have been suggested by Harlan in a letter to Foster (quoted 
on p. 82). Harlan says: ‘‘If you should conclude to construct a new genus, 
how would Castoroides answer for a name?" 
Extinct. Based on ‘the right half of two under jaws.’ 
Castoroides: Castor; 1505, form. 
Castoromys Pome, 1854. Glires, Castoridee. 
Cat. Méth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, 23, 1854; Grrvais, Zool. et Pal. 
Frangaises, 2° éd., 22, 1859 (under Chalicomys). 
Type: Chalicomys S PDuus Gervais, from the Pliocene of Montpellier, France. 
Extinct. 
Castoromys: Castor; “0s, mouse—from the sigmoid enamel folds of the lower 
molars. 
Castylops (see Catastylops). Tillodontia, Notostylopide. 
Catablepas Gray, 1821. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
London Med. Repos., XV, 307, Apr. 1, 1821. 
Catoblepas HW. Smirn, Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingdom, IV, 366-372, 1 pl. and 
1 fig. unnumbered, 1827. 
Type: .Intilope giu Gmelin, from South Africa. (See Connochaetes Lichtenstein, 
1814.) à 
Catablepas: Lat., Catoblepas; Gr., katT@fPrey; | *down looker; a name used 
by Pliny for an African animal, perhaps "e M (from ««r«fAézo, to look 
down, to examine). 
Cataphractus Brisson, 17762. Edentata, Dasypodide. 
Regnum Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 12, 23-28, 1762; Srorr, Pro- 
dromus Methodi Mamm., 40, Tab. B, 1780. 
Species, 7: Armadillo, Domudillo orientatis, A. indicus, A. mexicanus, A. brasilianus, 
A. guianensis, and .1. africanus. 
Cataphractus: kar&ópakros, mailed, clad in full armor—in allusion to the 
armor-like or scaly protective covering of the animals. 
Catastylops AwEGHiNo, 1901. Tillodontia, Notostylopid:e. 
Bol: Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, X VI, 421, July, 1901 (sep., p. 75). 
Castylops LyDEKKER, Zool. Record for 1901, XX XVIII, Mamm., 38, Index New 
Genera, 3, 1902 (misprint). 
Type: Catastylops pendens Ameghino, from the ‘ Cretaceous’ 
Extinct. 
Catastylops: Kata, down, downwards; 6rvAozg, pillar; ow, aspect. 
of Patagonia. 
Catathleeus Corr, 1881. Ungulata, Amblypoda, Periptychide. 
Paleont. Bull. No. 33, p. 487, 1881; Am. Naturalist, XV, for Oct., 829-830, Sept. 
22, 1881; Proc. Am. Philos Soc., XIX, 487-488, Oct. 21, 1881; Tert. Vert., 387, 
1885 (under Periptychus—date of publication). 
Type: Catathlzcus EUER DUE Cope, from the lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘parts of two or three individuals . . . one of which 
includes nearly all the molar dentition of both jaws.”’ 
Cateorus (subgenus of Vesperus) KorgNaTI, 1856. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Allgem. Deutsch. Naturhist. Zeite., RASEN. Neue Folge, IT, 131, 162-163, 1856. 
Type: Vespertilio serotinus Schreber, from France. 
Cateorus: karnopoc, hanging doen Hom the position of the animal when at 
rest. 
Catoblepas (see Catablepas). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee 
