DELPHINUS—DENDROLAGUS. 22 1 
Delphinus Linn rus, 1758. Cete, Delphinide. 
Systema Nature, 10th ed., I, 77, 1758; 12th ed., I, 108, 1766; Brisson, Regnum 
Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 218, 233-238, 1762; FLower, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London, 1883, 500 (type fixed). 
Species, 3: Delphinus phocena Linnszus, D. cely/i’s Linnsus (type), and D. orca 
Linneeus, all from the Atlantic Ocean. 
Delphinus: 8 £A dtc, dolphin. 
Delphis Fonskáir, 1775. , Cete, Delphinide. 
Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphib., ete., p. iv, 1775. 
Nomen nudum? The genus occurs without mention of species in a list of ‘‘Quad- 
rupedia observata, non descripta," but is accompanied by the Arabic name. 
Delphis: deA pis, dolphin. 
Delphis WacarEn, 1830. : Cete, Delphinide. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 34, 1850. 
Type: Delphinus leucas Pallas, from the Arctic seas. (See Delphinapterus 
Lacépéde, 1804; and Beluga Rafinesque, 1815, both based on the same species. ) 
Delphis (subgenus of Delphinus) Gray, 1864. Cete, Delphinid:e. 
Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1864, 236-237. 
Type: Delphinus delphis Linnzeus, from the Atlantic Ocean. 
Name preoccupied by Delphis Wagler, 1830, which was based on Delphinus 
leucas. (See Eudelphinus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880.) 
Deltatherium Corr, 1881. Creodonta, Oxycleenide. 
Am. Naturalist, XV (for Apr.), 337-338, Mar. 25, 1881; Paleont. Bull., No. 33, 
p. 486, 1881; Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XIX, 486, Oct. 21, 1881; Tert. Vert., 277— 
283, 1885 (date of publication). 
Type: Deltatherium fundaminis Cope, from the Puerco Eocene of New Mexico. 
Extinct. ‘‘Represented by the dentition of both maxillary bones minus the 
canines."' 
Deltatherium: d€Ara@ (4), fourth letter of the Greek alphabet; §7piov, wild 
beast—in allusion to the base of the third premolar which is a nearly equilate- 
ral triangle. (Corz, Tert. Vert., 279.) 
Demipus (see Dermipus). Monotremata, Ornithorhynchid:e. 
Dendrailurus (subgenus of Felis) Severtzow, 1858. Fer, Felidze. 
Revue et Mag. de Zool., Paris, 2° sér., X, 386, 390, Sept., 1858. 
Type: Felis strigilata Wagner, from British Guiana. 
Dendrailurus: Sévdpor, tree; aiAovpos, cat. 
Dendrobius (see Dendroleius). Glires, Octodontide. 
Dendrogale Gray, 1848. Insectivora, Tupaiidee. 
Proce. Zool. Soc. London, No. cuxxxi, Aug. 1, 1848, 23-24; Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist., 2d ser., II, 212-213, Sept., 1848. 
Type: /lylogale murina 8. Müller, from Borneo. 
Dendrogale: ó£vópov, tree; yarn, weasel. 
Dendrohyrax Gray, 1868. Ungulata, Hyracoidea, Procaviide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., I, 48-50, Jan., 1868; W. L. Sctarer, Mamm. 
8. Africa, I, 310, 1900 (in synonymy—type fixed). 
Species, 3: Hyrax dorsalis Fraser, from West Africa; H. arboreus A. Smith (type), 
from South Africa, and Dendrohyrax blainvillii Gray, from East Africa. 
Dendrohyrax: óévópov, tree; + Hyrax—in allusion to its arboreal habits. 
Dendrolagus Mürrrn, 1889. Marsupialia, Macropodid:e. 
Verhand. Natuurl. Geschied. Nederland. Bezitt., Leiden, I (1839—44); MLLER, 
Zoogdieren Indisch. Archipel., 33, Tab. [p. 63], 1839; ScniteceL & Mi Lier, 
Drie Buideldier. Fam. Kengoeroe's, 138-146, Tab. 19-20, Tab. 22 figs. 1 and 
2, Tab. 23 figs. 1-6, Tab. 24 figs. 1-6, 1842; Tuomas, Cat. Marsup. & Monotrem. 
Brit. Mus., 92, 1888 (type fixed). 
