188 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Chrotopterus Prerers, 1865. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidze. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, Oct., 1865, 505. 
Type: Vampyrus auritus Peters, from Mexico. 
Chrotopterus: xps, Xpwros, skin, color; zrepórv, wing. 
Chrysaeus (see Chryseus). Ferze, Canide. 
Chrysailurus (subgenus of Felis) SEvERTZOW, 1858. Ferve, Felidee. 
Revue et. Mag. de Zool., Paris, 2e sér., X, 389, 390, Sept., 1858 
Type: Felis neglecta Gray, from Gambia s West Africa. 
Chrysailurus: xpv6ós, gold: &iAovpos, cat. 
Chryseus (subgenus of Chaon) H. Smiru, 1839. Fer», Canidz. 
Jardine's Nat. Library, Mamm., IX, 167-192, pls. vir-x, 1839; Ed. 2, Mamm., 
I, 153, pl. 3, 1858; IV, 167-192, pls. 7-10, 34, 1866; V, 288-289, 1865. 
Chryseus HorsFIELD, Cat. Mamm. Mus. East India Co., 74, 1851 (in synonymy). 
Species 8, from India, Australia, Sumatra, Java, etc.: Canis primevus Hodgson, 
C. dukhunensis Sykes, Chryseus scylax Smith, Canis ceylonicus Boddaert, Chryseus 
pahariah Smith, Canis javanicus Desmarest, C. symatrensis Hardwicke, and 
C. australasix auct. 
Chryseus: ypo6£0s, golden—from the prevailing ferruginous or rusty red color 
of the upper parts. 
Chrysochloris LacrrEpr, 1799. Insectivora, Chrysochloride. 
[G. Cuvier, Tabl. Élém. Hist. Nat. ,110,1798—‘La Musaraigne dorée (Sorex auratus)’ ] 
Tabl. Mamm., 7, 1799; Nouy. Tabl. Méthod., in Buffon’s Hist. Nat., Didot ed., 
Quad., XIV, 158, 1799; Mém. VInstitut, III, 493, 1801; G. Cuvier, Lecons 
Anat. Comp., I, tab. 1, 1800 (‘ Chryso-Chlore—Chrysochloris’). W. L. SCLATER, 
Mamm. 8. Africa, II, 168-176, figs. 135-137, 1901 (type fixed). 
Chrysoris RAFINESQUE, Analyse de la Nature, 59, 1815. 
Chrysochlora BLAINVILLE, Ostéog. Mamm., I, fasc. vr (Insectivores), 111, 114, 
figs. in pls. v, rx, 1840; PoMEL, Archiv. Sci. Phys. et Nat., Bibl. Univ. Genéve, 
IX, 247, Nov., 1848. 
Type: Chrysochloris capensis Lacépéde ( — Talpa aurea Zimmermann), from South 
Africa. 
Chrysochloris: xpvGós, gold; yAcpós, greenish yellow—‘‘from the beautiful 
iridescent hairs which are intermingled with softer and non-iridescent fur." 
(Bepparp, Mamm., 514, 1902.) 
Chrysocyon (subgenus of Chaon) H. Smiru, 1839. Ferve, Canidee. 
Jardine’s Nat. Library, Mamm., IX, 241-247, pl. xxr, 1839; Ed. 2, Mamm., I, 
154, 1858; IV, 241-244, pl. 21, 1866; V, 290-291, 1865. 
Type: Canis jubatus Desmarest, from Paraguay. 
Chrysocyon: xpv6ós, gold; «ocv, dog—in allusion to the color of the upper parts, 
which is described as ‘deep fulvous-red, paler at the sides.’ 
Chrysomys Gray, 1843. Glires, Spalacidee. 
List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. xxvi, 150, 1843. 
Type: Bathyergus splendens Rüppell, from Abyssinia. 
Chrysomys: xpv6ós, gold; “0s, mouse—from its characteristic color, which is 
indicated also by the common name ‘ golden mole-rat.’ 
Chrysonycteris Gray, 1866. Chiroptera, Rhinolophide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, 82. 
Type: EET teris fulva (ray (= ERREUR fale us ruv irom Madras, india. 


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