ee INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
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Cercopithecus— Continued. 
from India; S. mawra Schreber, from (‘Guinea’!) the Malay Peninsula; 5. 
sinicus Linnszus, from southern India; Cercopithecus roloway Erxleben, from 
(‘Guinea’) Gold Coast; and Simia nemzus Linneeus, from Cochin China. 
Type: Cercopithecus mona, from West Africa. (ScLATER. ) 
Cercopithecus: Kepk ontbnk os, a long-tailed ape (from Képkos, tail; zí0nos, ape). 
The name was applied by Linnzeus to a subgroup of Simia, including all the 
long-tailed species, in contradistinction to those with short tails, and those in 
which thetail was absent. His divisions were (1) ‘Cauda nulla, Simia veterum,’ 
(2) ‘Cauda abbreviata, Papiones,’ and (3) ‘ Cauda elongata Cercopitheci.’ 
Cercopithecus BrvMENBACH, 1779. Primates, Cebid:e. 
Handb. Naturgesch., I, 68-69, 1779. 
Species: Simia paniscus Linnzeus, and S. jacchus Linnzeus, from Brazil. 
See Cercopithecus Brünnich, 1772. 
Cercoptenus GroaEn, 1841. Marsupialia, Phalangerid:e. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxx, 85, 1841; Tuomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, Feb. 1, 1895. 
Type: Didelphis pygmxa Shaw, from eastern Australia. (See 4erobates Desmarest, 
1817.) 
Cercoptenus: Képkos, tail; zr5vós, winged—in allusion to the broad fringe of 
hair on either side of the tail. 
Cercopteropus Burnett, 1829. Chiroptera, Pteropodidee. 
Quart. Journ. Sci., Lit. & Art, XXVII, 269, Apr.-June, 1829. 
Species: Cercopteropus? «gyptiacus ( — Pleropus xgyptiacus Geoffroy), from Egypt; 
and C. amplexicaud[atus] (=Pteropus amplexicaudatus Geoffroy), from Timor. 
Cercopteropus: Képkos, tail; + Pteropus. 
Cercoptochus GrocER, 1841. Primates, Cebidze. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxvii, 41, 1841; THomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, Feb. 1, 1895; PALMER, Science, new ser., X, 493 
footnote, 1899 (type fixed). 
Species: The beardless ouakaris, from Brazil. Type, Simia melanocephala Hum- 
boldt. 
Name antedated by Cacajao Lesson, 1840. 
Cercoptochus: Képkos, tail; zrc»xós, one who crouches—i. e., a ‘ tailed croucher.? 
Cerdocyon (subgenus of Chaon) H. SMrrg, 1889. Ferz, Canide. 
Jardine’s Nat. Library, IX, 259-267, pls. xxvii-xxx, 1839; ed. 2, Mamm., I, 
154, 1858; IV, 259-267, pls. 27-30, 1866; V, 291, 1865. 
Species 4, from South America: Cerdocyon mesoleucus H. Smith; C. guaraxa 
H. Smith, from northern Brazil; Canis azare Maximilian, from Brazil and 
Paraguay, and Vulpes magellanicus Gray, from the Straits of Magellan. 
Cerdocyon: KEepd@, fox; xcv, dog—in allusion to the tail, which has a ‘brush 
even larger and longer than that of a true fox.’ 
Cerivoula (see Kerivoula). Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Cerodon (see Kerodon). Glires, Caviidee. 
Cerophorus BraiNviLLE, 1816. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Bull. Soc. Philomatique, Paris, 74-76, May, 1816; Ostéog., Desc. Icon. Mamm. 
iécents et Foss., IV, Ruminants, 54 footnote, 1850. 
Includes 12 subgenera: Antilope, Gazella, Cervicapra, Alcelaphus, Tragelaphus, 
Boselaphus, Oryx, Rupicapra, Capra, Ovis ou Ammon, Ovibos, Bos. 
Cerophorus: Képas, horn; @opds, bearing—‘‘la seconde section des animaux 
ruminans comprende les espéces qui ont toujours la téte armée" —in contra- 
distinction to the first section, which includes the giraffe. 5 
Cervaices Scorr, 1885. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
Science, V, No. 120, pp. 420-422, 2 figs. in text, May 22, 1885; Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Phila., Sept. 1, 1885, 181-202, pl. 1, 7 figs. in text. 
