CELZENOMYS——CENTRACODON. 167 
Celenomys THomas, 1898. Glires, Muridee, Hydromyine. 
Trans. Zool. Soc. London, XIV, pt. vr, 390-391, pls. xxxi, fig. 1; xxxv, figs. 
11-12, June, 1898. 
Type: Xeromys (?) silaceus Thomas, from Monte Data (alt. 8,000 it.), Lepanto, 
northern Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
Cel nomas: KeAaiv os, dark colored; 0s, mouse—in contrast with Chrotomys. 
Cemas (subgenus of Pecus) OkEN, 1816. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovid:e. 
Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., 727—744, 1816; ScLATER & 
Tuomas, Book of Antelopes, Jan., 1895, pt. 1r, 93, 111 (in synonymy under 
Connochxtes—type fixed). 
Species, 31: Cemas gnu, C. tragocamelus, C. picta, C. bubalus, C. koba, C. strepsice- 
ros, C. kuhdu, C. sylvatica, C. scripta, C. oryx, C. alces, C. colus, C. gutturosa, 
C. dorcas, C. kevella, C. maculata, C. pygargus, C. marsupialis, C. arundinacea, C. 
capreolus, C. glauca, C. sumatrensis, C. pasan, C. algazel, C. dama, C. redunca, 
C. rupicapra, C. melanura, C. oreotragus, C. cana, and C. pygmea. 
Type: Cemas gnu Oken (Antilope gnow Zimmermann), from South Africa. (See 
Connochaetes Lichtenstein, 1814.) 
Cemas: Kej&s, a young deer. 
Cemas GrocEn, 1841. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovid:e. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxiii, 153-154, 1841. 
New name for Rupicapra Blainville, 1816; type Capra rupricapra Linnzeus, from 
the Alps. 
Name preoccupied by Cemas Oken, 1816, which is based on a species of gnu from 
South Africa; and by Kemas (= Cemas) Ogilby, 1837, based on the goral from 
the Himalayas of India. 
Cemas (see Kemas*). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovid:e. 
Centetes IniicrEr, 1811. Insectivora, Tenrecid:e. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 124, 1811. 
Centenes CuvrER, Régne Animal, I, 136, 1817: FrEMING, Philos. of Zool., IT, 182, 
1822; Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, No. rxr, July, 1838, 17, 18. 
Centenus GRAY, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., I, No. 11, p. 581, Nov., 1837. 
Type: Hrinaceus ecaudatus Gmelin, from Madagascar. (See Tenrec Lacépéde, 1799. ) 
Centetes: KevtHTNs, one who pierces; Kevréw, to prick—in allusion to the spines, 
which, in the young, are arranged in longitudinal lines along the back. 
Centetodon Marsn, 1872. Insectivora, Leptictid:ze? 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IV, 209-210, Sept., 1872 (sep. issued Aug. 7). 
Type: Centetodon pulcher Marsh, from the Eocene, near Henry Fork of Green 
River, Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘a part of a lower jaw, with the last true molar well pre- 
served." ., 
Centetodon: Centetes (from «evréc, to prick): 65@v—ddo0vs, tooth—in allusion 
to the lower molar which resembles somewhat the corresponding tooth in 
Centetes; its anterior elevated portion is composed of three pointed cones. 
Centracodon Marsn, 1872. Insectivora, Leptictidee? 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IV, 215, Sept., 1872 (sep. issued Aug. 13). 
Type: Centracodon delicatus Marsh, from the Eocene of Henry Fork of Green 
River, Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘a small, nearly perfect lower jaw, containing seven teeth, 
most of them in good preservation." 
Centracodon: kévrpov, sting; d», point; 0d@' v=dédovs, tooth—in allusion to 
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the pointed cusps of the lower molars. 
* According to Ogilby ‘‘the root both of the Greek Kemas and the modern Chamois 
was manifestly traceable to the German word Gems, which is still the name of the 
chamois eastward of the Rhine." (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1836, 81. ) 
