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Dzodon—Continued. 
Type: Deodon shoshonensis Cope, from the John Day Miocene, Oregon. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘the terminal portion of the lower jaw . . .  Itsupports on 
the side three incisors, one canine, and two premolars, which form an unin- 
terrupted series." 
Dexodon: ó&ros, destructive, dreadful; 66@v = óó ovs, tooth—in allusion to the 
powerful canines. 
Dama Friscu, 1775. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, 3, Tab. Gen., 1775; H. SwrrH, Griffith’s 
Cuvier, Anim. Kingdom, V, 306-307, 1827 (subgenus); Burner, Quart. Journ. 
Sci. Lit. & Art, XXVIII, for Oct.-Dec., 1829, 353, 1830 (raised to generic 
rank); Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. xxvii, 181, 1843. 
Type: ‘Der Damhirsch’ (Cervus dama Linnzeus), from Europe. 
Dama: From the specific name of the type. 
Dama (subgenus of Gazella) (‘ BENNETT!) Gray, 1850. Ungulata, Bovide. 
[‘Sectio Dame’ BENNETT, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1833, 2; Trans. Zool. Soc. 
London, I, 7-8, pl. 1, 1835. ] 
GRAY, Gleanings from Menagerie & Aviary at Knowsley Hall, 27, tab. xx, 
fig. 1, 1850; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1850, No. CCVIII, 114-115, Feb. 24, 
1851; Cat. Ruminant Mamm. Brit. Mus., 39, 1872; ScLATER & Tuomas, Book 
of Antelopes, ILI, pt. x, 65, Feb., 1898 (in synonymy, type fixed). 
Bennett's ‘section’ includes Antilope mhorr Bennett, from West Africa; A. 
nanguer Bennett (=A. dama Pallas, type), from Senegal; and A. addra Ben- 
nett, from Nubia and Kordofan. 
Gray’s subgenus includes 4 species: Antilope soemmeringii Rüppell, from Lower 
Abyssinia; A. mohr Bennett, from West Africa; A. dama Pallas (type), from 
West Africa; and A. ruficollis H. Smith, from Kordofan and Sennar. 
Name preoccupied by Dama Frisch, 1775, a genus of Cervidee. 
Dama ALLEN, 1902. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
[ZIMMERMANN, Spec. Zool. Geog. 351, 531-535, 1777—not a valid generic name. ] 
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X VI, 18-20, Feb. 1, 1902. 
Type: Cervus virginianus Boddaert, from Virginia. 
Name preoccupied by Dama Frisch, 1775. 
Damalis H. Smirn, 1827. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingdom, IV, 343-346, 2 plates [unnumbered]; V, 
361-367, 1827; ScLATER & THomas, Book of Antelopes, I, 5, 1894 (in synonymy). 
Type not mentioned in the original description. The genus includes 4 sub- 
genera, Acronotus, Boselaphus, Strepsiceros, and Portax. In Vol. IV, p. 346, it 
is stated that the group includes oreas, caama, and strepsiceros, but Sclater & 
Thomas give the type as Antilope buselaphus Pallas, from North Africa. 
Damalis: 5dadis, heifer, calf. ‘“‘In the Greek it is applicable to the young 
bull and the adult cow, and in several languages of Europe and Asia, the first 
or leading syllable constitutes a part of the name of several other ruminants, 
and therefore in zoological phraseology it may be adopted for a genus." 
Damalis Gray, 1846. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, No. 119, p. 233, Oct., 1846; ScLATER & THoMAs, 
Book of Antelopes, I, 51, 1894 (type fixed). 
Species, 6: Damalis lunatus (type), D. senegalensis, D. koba, D. pygarga, D. albifrons, 
and D. ? zebra, from Africa. 
Name preoccupied by Damalis H. Smith, 1827, another genus of Bovide. 
Replaced by Damaliscus Sclater & Thomas, 1894. 
Damaliscus ScrLATER & THomAs, 1894. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Book of Antelopes, I, pt. 1, 3, 51-91, figs. 7-12, pls. vr-x, Aug., 1894; W. L. 
ScLATER, Mamm. S. Africa, I, 137-147, figs. 41-48, 1900. 
