204 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Criotaurus— Continued. 
Type: Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann ), from the region near Hudson Bay, North- 
west Territory. Apparently merely a new name for Ovibos Blainville, 1816. 
Criotaurus: Kp10s, ram; Tavpos, bull—a Greek equivalent of Ovibos. 
Criotherium Forsyrn Ma»jon, 1891. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, CXIII, No. 18, pp. 608, 609-610, Séance du 2 Nov., 1891; 
LypEKKER, Nature, XLIII, 86, Nov. 27, 1890. 
Type: Criotherium argalioides Major, from the Upper Miocene of the island of 
Samos, Grecian Archipelago. 
Extinct. 
Criotherium: Kptos, ram; Inpiorv, wild beast. 
Crocidura WaarEn, 1832. Insectivora, Soricide. 
Oken's Isis, Jena, 1832, 275. 
Type: Sorex leucodon Hermann, from Europe. 
Crocidura: Kpokis, or Kpokos, the flock or nap on woolen cloth, a piece of 
wool; ovpd, tail—in allusion to the tail, which is covered with short hairs, 
interspersed with longer ones. 
Crocuta Kaup, 1828. Fere, Hyzenide. 
Oken’s Isis, XXI, Heft xr, 1145, 1828; Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 
pp. xx, 47, 1843; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 525. 
Crocotta Kaur, Ent.-Gesch. & Natürl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, I, 74-78, 1829. 
Type: [Hyxna crocuta (Erxleben), from. Africa; the genus also includes a second 
species not named [ A. spelea]. ‘‘Man zühlt mit Gewissheit zwey Arten hieher, 
welche beyde auch in Europa gelebt haben müssen. Die eine Art liebt noch 
in Africa und ist Hyzna crocuta.”’ 
Crocuta: po crós, saffron-colored—from the prevailing color of the animal. 
Crossarchus F. CuvrER, 1825. Fere, Viverrid:e. 
Hist. Nat. Mamm., V, livr. xtvu, pl. with 3 pp. text under ‘le Mangue,' Feb., 
1825; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 577; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & 
Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., 176, 1869. 
Type: Crossarchus obscurus F. Cuvier, from the west coast of Africa, probably from 
southern Gambia. 
Crossarchus: Kpo66oi, tassels, fringe; &oyós, rectum. 
Crossopus WacrER, 1832. Insectivora, Soricide. 
Oken's Isis, 1832, 275. 
Type: Sorex fodiens Bechstein, from Europe. 
Name antedated by Neomys Kaup, 1829. 
Crossopus: Kpo066ot, tassels, fringe; zovs, foot. 
Crunomys Tuomas, 1898. Glires, Muridze, Hydromyine. 
Trans. Zool. Soc. London, XIV, pt. vr, 393-396, pls. xxxi fig. 1, xxxv figs. 
5-6, June, 1898. 
Type: Crunomys fallax Thomas, from Isabella, central northern Luzon, Philip- 
pine Islands (alt., 1,000 ft. ). ; 
Crunomys: povvós, spring, well («oovvoi, torrents or streams); “0s, mouse. 
'"The type appeared to be a stream haunter." (Tomas, in epist.) 
Cryptomeryx ScurossEn, 1886. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Tragulidze. 
Morph. Jahrbuch, Leipzig, XII, 1tes Heft, 74, 93-94, Taf. v figs. 7, 16, 22, 24, v1 
figs. 6, 9, 1886. 
Type: Lophiomeryx gaudryi Filhol, from the Phosphorites of Quercy, France. 
Extinct. 
Cryptomeryx: kpvzrós, hidden; “Hpvé, ruminant. 
