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DASYMYS—DASYURODON. 9T 
Dasymys—Continued. 
Type: Dasymys gueinzii Peters, from the interior of Natal, South Africa (= Mus 
incomtus Sundevall, 1847, from the vicinity of Durban or Port Natal). 
Dasymys: Sa6vs, thick, hairy; “0s, mouse—from the stout form and thick fur 
of the type species. 
Dasynotus WaG Ler, 1830. Glires, Heteromyid:e. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 21, 1830. 
New name for Heteromys Desmarest, 1817. Type, Mus anomalus Thompson, from 
the island of Trinidad, West Indies. 
Dasynotus: 6a6vs, thick, hairy; vOros, back—from the stiff hairs or spines on 
the back. 
Dasyphractus FrirTZiNGER, 1871. Edentata, Dasy podid:e. 
Sitzungsber. Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LXIV, Abth. 1, 264-268, 
July, 1871. 
Type: Cryptophractus brevirostris Fitzinger, from the Cordillera of Chile. 
Dasyphractus: Sa6vs, thick, hairy; $paxrós, inclosed, protected—in allusion to 
the thick coat of hair covering the carapace. 
Dasyporca (see Dasyprocta ). Glires, Dasy proctid:e. 
Dasypotherium Moreno, 1889. Edentata, Dasy podidze. 
Bol. Mus. La Plata, 1889, 38-39. 
Type: Dasypotherium australis Moreno, from Monte Hermoso, about 40 miles east 
of Bahia Blanca, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
Extinct. Based on * mucha parte de la coraza dorsal articulada y el ramo iz- 
quierdo de la mandíbula inferior." 
Dasypotherium: Dasypus; 0npiov, wild beast. 
Dasyprocta ILiicEr, 1811. Glires, Dasy proctid:e. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 93, 1811. 
Dasyporca GRAY, Thomson's Ann. Philos., XXVI, 341, Nov., 1825 (misprint). 
Species: Caria aguti Gmelin, from Brazil and Guiana; and C. acuschy Gmelin, 
from Guiana. 
Dasyprocta: óc6Ozpockros, with hairy buttocks (from ó«aG6os, hairy; and 
TpGkrós, anus, hinder parts). 
Dasypterus (subg. of Atalapha) PETERS, 1871. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, for 1870, 912-914, 1871; H. ALLEN, 
Mon. Bats N. A., 2d ed., 137-140, pls. xxrv-xxv, 1893 (raised to generic rank); 
Mriuter, N. Am. Fauna, No. 13, pp. 13, 115-118, figs. 33, 34, Oct. 16, 1897 (type 
fixed). 
Species, 4: Atalapha intermedia ( — Lasiurus intermedia Allen, type), from Mata- 
moras, Mexico; A. egregia Peters, from Santa Catharina, Brazil; A. ega (= Nycti- 
cejus ega Gervais), from Ega, Brazil; and A. caudata (= Lasiurus caudatus 
Tomes), from Pernambuco, Brazil. 
Dasypterus: da6vs, thick, hairy; zrepóv, wing. 
Dasypus LixN vs, 1758. Edentata, Dasypodid:e. 
Systema Naturze, 10th ed., I, 50-51, 1758; 12th ed., I, 53-54, 1766. 
Species 6, from South America: Dasypus unicinctus Linnzeus (‘Africa’), D. tri- 
cinctus Linnzeus (‘India’), D. quadricinctus Linneeus, D. sexcinctus Linnzeus, 
D. septemcinctus Linnzeus (‘India’), and D. novemcinctus Linnzeus. 
Dasypus: óaGozovs, hairy- or rough-footed (from da6vs, thick, hairy, rough; 
zs, foot). 
Dasyurodon ANDREAE, 1887. Creodonta, Hyzenodontide. 
Bericht Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Gesellsch., Frankfurt, 1887, 125-133, taf. rv. 
Type: Dasyurodon flonheimensis Andreae, from the Middle Oligocene * Meeressand’ 
of Flonheim, Rhein-Hessen, Germany. 
Extinct. Based on part of the lower jaw. 
Dasyurodon: Dasyurus; 65@v —030vz, tooth. 
