
CHARRONIA—CHEIROMYS. ies, 
Charronia—Continued. 
Type: Mustela flavigula Boddaert, from Nepal, India. 
Name preoccupied (?) by Charonia Gistel, 1848, a genus of Mollusca. 
Charronia: x&pcv, lion—i. e., lion-like. Possibly from Xapwr, the ferryman 
of the Styx, whose name was probably given on account of his bright, fierce 
eyes. 
Chasmotherium HirrwMEvEn, 1862. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Paleeotheriide. 
Neue Denkschrift. Allgem. Schweiz. Gesell. gesammt. Naturwiss., Zürich, XIX, 
63-67, tab. v, figs. 70-72, 1862. 
Type: Chasmotherium cartieri Rütimeyer, from the Eocene of Egerkingen, near 
Solothurn, Switzerland. 
Extinct. Based on four lower teeth. 
Chasmotherium: x&6ua, space; 0npzov, wild beast. 
Chaus Gray, 1843. Ferze, Felidee. 
List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. xx, 44-45, 1843; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 
1867, 275-276; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., 33-37, 
1869. 
Species, 5: Chaus? planiceps (= Felis planiceps Vigors & Horsfield), from Sumatra; 
C. lybicus (= Felis chaus Güldenstaedt, type), from India or Egypt; C. pulchellus 
(=F. pulchella Gray ), from Egypt; C. servalinus (= F. servalina Jardine), from 
India; C. caffer (= F. caffra Desmarest?), from the Cape of Good Hope. 
Chaus: Apparently from native name. 
Cheirogaleus É. Grorrroy, 1812. Primates, Lemuride. 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XIX, 172, pl. 10, 1812; Cours Hist. Nat., 11* Lecon, 
22-24, 1898. 
Chirogaleus OKEN, Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., pp. xi, 
1168-1170, 1816; Acassrz, Nomenclator Zool., Mamm., 7, 1842; ScuiNz, Synop. 
Mamm., I, 104, 1844. 
Cnirogale GLoGER, Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., L, pp. xxviii, 44, 1841; Fon- 
syrH-MaJoR, Nov. Zool., I, 6, 21, 1894. 
Species, 3: Cheirogaleus major Geoffroy, C. medius Geoffroy, and C. minor Geoff- 
roy, from Madagascar. 
Cheirogaleus: xeip, hand; y «A5, weasel—in allusion to the long fingers and the 
freely movable thumb which are well adapted for prehension. 
Cheirolites Mryer, 1848. Ungulata, Proboscidea, Elephantidee. 
Bronn’s Handb. Gesch. Natur, III, Index Paleont., 286, (454, Cheirolithes), 1848; 
ScuppER, Nomenclator Zool., pt. 1, 68, 1882. 
Type: Apparently Elephasprimigenius Blumenbach, from the Pleistocene of Europe. 
The genus (?) is not described here and merely occurs in the synonymy of EL. 
primigenius with the explanation ‘‘dent. molar. lamelle singulee’’ (p. 454). 
(See Dicyclotherium E. Geoffroy, 1837.) 
Extinct. 
Cheiromeles Horsrretp, 1824. Chiroptera, Noctilionide. 
Zool. Researches Java, 10 pages (unnumbered), 2 plates, figs. A—G, I-M, O—P, 
1824; Doxsson, Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus., 405—406, 1878. 
Chiromeles AGasstz, Nomenclator Zool., Mamm., Addenda, 3, 1846. 
Type: Cheiromeles torquatus Horsfield, from Penang or Singapore, Straits Settle- 
ments. 
Cheiromeles: yeip, hand; 4£Aosc, limb (Agassiz); xezp, hand; Lat. meles, badger. 
(Century Dict.) Possibly in allusion to the first toe, which is separated from 
the others like a thumb and probably opposable to them, thus giving the foot 
the appearance of a hand. 
Cheiromys G. Cuvier, 1800. Primates, Daubentoniidee. 
Lecons Anat. Comp., I, tabl. I, 1800 (Chieromys, obvious misprint); Régne 
Animal, I, 207-208, 1817. 
