DOMNINA—DORCOPSIS. 943 
Domnina—Continued. 
Type: Domnina gradata Cope, from the Oligocene of Colorado. 
Extinct. Based on *'a portion of the right mandibular ramus with three entirely 
preserved molars.”’ 
Domnina: Lat. domnus (=dominus) ruler; --dim. suffix -ina—probably in 
allusion to the animal's supposed carnivorous habits. 
Doratoceros* LvpEkkER, 1891. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
London Field, LX XVIII, No. 2013, p. 130, July 25, 1891; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 
6th ser., VIII, 192, Aug., 1891; ScLATER & THomas, Book of Antelopes IV, 
193, 1900 (in synonymy, type fixed). 
Type: Antilope triangularis Günther (—.Antilope oryx Pallas), from the Zambesi 
River, southeast Africa. 
Doratoceros: do0pv, óóparos, spear; Képas, horn—from the long, straight, tri- 
angular horns. 
Dorcas Gray, 1821. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovid:e. 
London Med. Repos., X V, 307, Apr. 1, 1821; ScrATER & THomas, Book of Ante- 
lopes, ITI, pt. x, 65, 1898 (in synonymy). 
Type: Antilope dorcas (Linnzeus), from North Africa. 
Dorcas: óopk c, gazelle;—‘‘so called in reference to its large bright eyes." 
(Century Dict.) 
Dorcatherium Kavr, 1833. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Tragulide. 
Neues Jahrbuch Mineralogie, 1833, 419; Desc. Ossem. Foss. Mamm. Mus. 
Darmstadt, 5° cahier, 91-103, Atlas, tab. xxi, figs. 1-16; xxiII A, XXIII B, 
xxIII C, figs. 1-7, 1839. 
Type: Dorcatherium naui Kaup, from the upper Miocene or lower Pliocene of 
Eppelsheim, Germany. 
Extinct. Based on a nearly complete lower jaw. The genus also includes one 
living species, D. aquaticum, from Africa. 
Dorcatherium: SopKas, gazelle; 67píov, wild beast. ‘‘Ich habe diese Gattung 
wegen der Ahnlichkeit mit einem Reh: Dorcatherium, und die Art nach meinem 
Freunde, dem Herrn Geheimen-Rathe von Nau, genannt." (Kavr.) 
Dorcatragus Noack, 1894. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Zool. Anzeiger, X VII, No. 448, pp. 202-204, May 28, 1894. 
Dorcotragus ScuaterR & THomas, Book of Antelopes, III, pt. xir, 239-245, pl. 
LXxv, text fig. 87, Oct., 1898. 
Type: Oreotragus megalotis Menges, from northern Somali Land, East Africa. 
Dorcatragus: SopKas, gazelle; tadyos, goat. 
Dorcelaphus Grocrn, 1841. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidze. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxiii, 140, 1841; Tuomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 191, 193, Feb. 1, 1895. 
Species: Cervus campestris F. Cuvier, and €. paludosus Desmarest, from Paraguay; 
C. virginiamus Boddaert, C. macrourus Rafinesque, and C. macrotis Say, from 
North America. (See Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832.) 
Dorcelaphus: 8opicáz, gazelle; £Aa os, deer. 
Dorcopsis ScuriEaEL & MÜürLER, 1842. Marsupialia, Macropodide. 
Verhand. Natuurl. Geschied. Nederland. Bezitt., Leiden, I (1839-44), Drie 
Buideldier. Fam. Kengoeroe's, 130, 131-138, pls. xxr, xxi fig. 3, xxi figs. 
7, 8, xxiv figs. 7-9, 1842; THomas, Cat. Marsup. & Monotrem. Brit. Mus., 
86-92, 1888. 
Type: Didelphis bruijni Quoy & Gaimard (nee Schreber) (=Macropus mülleri, 
Schlegel, 1866), from New Guinea. 
Dorcopsis: 6opis, gazelle; wis, appearance, aspect. 


*See Doryceros Fitziuger, 1874, a genus of Cervid:e, which is formed from the same 
Greek roots, 
