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Chenocetus (see Chzenocetus) . Cete, Physeteride. 
Chenodelphinus (see Chaenodelphinus). Cete, Physeteride. 
Cheyromis, Chieromys (see Cheiromys). Primates, Daubentoniid:e. 
Chiiomys Tuowas, 1897. Glires, Murid:e, Cricetinze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XIX, 500-501, May 1, 1897. 
Type: Oryzomys instans Thomas, from Bogota, Colombia. 
Chilomys: xeiAos, lip; “0s, mouse—in allusion to the prominent upper lip. 
Chilonatalus (subgenus of Natalus) Miturr, 1898. Chiroptera, Natalidze. 
‘Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 27, 1898, 326-328, fig. la in text. 
Type: Natalus micropus Dobson, from the vicinity of Kingston, Jamaica. 
Chilonatalus: xezAos, lip; +-Natalus—trom the conspicuous cutaneous outgrowth 
on the lower lip (as in Chilonycteris), apparently forming a double lip. 
Chilonycteris Gray, 1839. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidee. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 4-5, pl. 1, fig. 2, 1839; Donssow, Cat. Chiroptera 
Brit. Mus., 447-148, 1878. 
Type: Chilonycteris macleayui Gray, from Cuba. 
Chilonycterus: xeiAos, lip; vuKrepis, bat—from the lower lip, which is ** much 
expanded and folded outwards, with numerous small, rounded papille in 
front; chin with a horizontal cutaneous expansion."  (Domsow.) 
Chilotus (subgenus of Arvicola) Bargp, 1857. Glires, Murid:e, Mi^rotinze. 
Mamm. N. Am., 516, 1857. 
Type: Arvicola oregoni Bachman, from Astoria, Oregon. 
Chilotus: xeiXos, lip; ovs, Orós, ear—in allusion to the thickened margin of the 
ear in the type specimen, a character since found to be abnormal, and in Baird’s 
specimen probably due to disease. 
Chimarrogale ANpERsON, 1877. Insectivora, Soricide. 
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Caicutta, XLVI, pt. 2, 262-263, 1877; Yunnan Expds. 
(1878), 139-149, pl. v, figs. 17-30, 1879. 
Type: Crossopus himalayicus Gray, from the Himalayas, India. 
Chimarrogale: xezueppos, mountain torrent; yaA, weasel—irom the animal’s 
habit of living along the banks of mountain streams. 
Chincha (subgenus of- Mephitis) Lesson, 1842. Ferze, Mustelidee. 
Nouv. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm., 67, 1842; HowkErL, N. Am. Fauna No. 
20, pp. 9, 14, 20, Aug. 31, 1901 (name revived * and raised to generic rank ). 
Type: Chincha americana Lesson (- Viverra. mephitis Schreber), from North 
America. 
Chincha: Chinche or chincha, perhaps a native name. Cf. Spanish and Portu- 
guese chinche, bedbug. 
Chinchilla Bennett, 1829. : Glires, Chinchillide. 
Gardens & Menag. Zool. Soc., I, 1, Oct., 18291; Gray, Spicilegia Zoologica, II, 
11-12, tab. 7, fig. 1, Aug. 1, 1850; Bennerr, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1833, 59; 
Trans. Zool. Soc., I, 59, 1833. 
Type: Mus laniger Molina, from Chile. 
Chinchilla: Spanish name, derived from a native South American name. 
* The adoption of the rule making the type of a genus an included species which 
has the same name reduces Chincha to a synonym of Mephitis, since the type of the 
latter genus becomes V. mephitis, and not V. putorius, as stated by Howell. (See 
Science, new ser., XVI, 114, July 18, 1902.) 
+ For date of publication, see Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., Rodentia, 234 
footnote, 1848. 
