182 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
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Chinchillula Tuomas, 1898. Glires, Murid:e, Cricetinze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., I, 280-281, Apr. 1, 1898. 
Type: Chinchillula sahame Thomas, from Esperanza, Pufia region of the plateau 
near Mount Sahama, Bolivia (alt. 4,000 meters). 
Chinchillula: Dim. of Chinchilla. 
Chiodon Bera, 1899. Ungulata, Ancylopoda, Isotemnid:e. 
Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, I, No. 3, p. 79, May 24, 1899. 
New name for Staurodon Roth, 1899, which is preoccupied by Stawrodon Lowe, 
1854, a genus of Mollusca. 
Extinct. 
Chiodon: xz0w, to mark with a y or cross; d6@v = odovs, tooth. 
Chionobates Kaup, 1829. Glires, Leporid:e. 
Entw.-Gesch. & Natürl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, I, 170, 1829. 
Species: Lepus variabilis, and L. borealis, from Europe. 
Chionobates: xiv, snow; fjaivco,togo, walk—from the animal's white color in 
winter, and its habit of running about over the snow. 
Chiroderma Perrers, 1860. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidee. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1860, 747—748. 
Type: Chiroderma villosum Peters, from Brazil. 
Chiroderma: xeip, hand; dépya, skin. 
Chirogale, Chirogaleus (see Cheirogalus). Primates, Lemuridze. 
Chiromeles (see Cheiromeles). Chiroptera, Noctilionid:ze. 
Chiromys (see Cheiromys). Primates, Daubentoniide. 
Chironectes ILiicEr, 1811. Marsupialia, Didelphyide. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 76, 1811; THomas, Cat. Marsup. & Monotrem. 
Brit. Mus., 366-370, 1888. 
Cheironectes GRIFFITH’S Cuvier, Animal Kingdom, V, 191, 1827. 
Type: Lutra minima Zimmermann, from Guiana. 
Chironectes: xeip, hand; v5rz9s, swimmer—from the webbed hind feet, which 
are adapted for swimming. 
Chiropetes GrocER, 1841. i Chiroptera, Noctilionidee. 
Hand- u. Hilisbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxviii, 49, 1841; THomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, Feb., 1895. 
New name for Cheiromeles Horsfield, 1824. Type: Cheiromeles torquatus Horsfield, 
from the Sunda Islands, Malay Archipelago. 
Chiropetes: yeip, hand; wéroscaz, to fly; + suffix—rys, denoting agent. (Com- 
pare Ocypetes. ) 
Chiropodomys Prrers, 1868. Glires, Murid:z, Murine. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, July, 1868, 448-449, pl. i; BLANFORD, 
Fauna Brit. India, Mamm., 403-404, fig. 150, 1888-91. 
Type: Chiropodomys penicillatus Peters, from India. 
Chiropodomys: xeip, hand; wots, 7066s, foot; 40s, mouse—probably in allusion 
to the hallux and rudimentary pollex, which are armed with flat nails instead 
of claws. 
Chiropotes (subgenus of Pithecia) Lesson, 1840. Primates, Cebid:ze. 
Species Mamm., 178-181, 1840; Nouv. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm ., 8, 1842. 
Cheiropotes ReicHENBACH, Vollstànd. Naturgesch. Affen, 72-74, 1862 (raised to 
generic rank). 
Type: Chiropotes couxio Lesson, from Para, or the banks of the Rio Orinoco. 
Chiropotes: xeíp, hand; zórzs, drinker—in allusion to the habit, which this 
monkey is said to have, of drinking with its hands instead of putting its head 
down to the water. 
Chiroscaptor Hrupr, 1898. Insectivora, Talpidee. 
Mém. Hist. Nat. Empire Chinois, IV, pt. r, 36-40, pl. 1x, figs. 1-1e, 1898. 
