258 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Enagrus RariNEsQUE, 1815. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidze. 
Analyse de la Nature, 56, 1815; Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pt. rrr, Ungulata, 
47, 1852 (merely quoted). 
Nomen nudum. Type: Antilope sp. (‘Enagrus R. sp. do.’ [espéce du genre précé- 
dent Antilope]). 
Enbradys (see Eubradys). Edentata, Megatheriid:ze. 
Encheiziphius Riirimeyer, 1857. Cete, Physeteridee. 
Verhandl. Naturforsch. GeseJlsch. Bagel, I, 559-567, 1857. 
Type: Encheiziphius teretirostris Rütimeyer, from the Pliocene of Montpellier, 
Dépt. du Hérault, southern France. 
Extinct. Based on a portion of a skull. 
Encheiziphius: £y yos, £v xeos, spear; + Ziphius—in allusion to the form of the 
type specimen, which is described as ‘‘einen einfachen, durchaus gerade ge- 
streckten und regelmássig zugespitzten compacten Speer von fast kreisrunden.’’ 
Enchomys GrocEn, 1841. Glires, Octodontid:e. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxi, 100-101, 1841; THomas, Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, Feb. 1, 1895. : 
Apparently an emendation or modification of Echimys Cuvier, 1809. 
Enchomys: £y yos, spear; 0s, mouse—from the spines mixed with the fur. 
Encoubertus (subgenus of Dasypus) McMurrrin, 1831. Edentata, Dasypodide. 
[P Encoubert F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., II, 6° livr., pl. with 3 pp. text 
unnumbered, May, 1819]; McMurtrie's Cuvier, Animal Kingdom, I, 163-164, 
1831; abridged ed., 94, 1834. 
Species: Dasypus sexcinctus Linnieus, and D. 18-cinctus Müller, from South America. 
Encoubertus: Portuguese encuberto or encubertado, covered, protected. A name 
given to the 6-banded armadillo by the Portuguese and adopted in French 
form, encoubert, by Buffon (Hist. Nat., X, 209, 1763). 
Encrotaphus (see Eucrotaphus). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriocheerid:e. 
Endecapleura (subg. of Gerbillus) LarAsTE, 1882. Glires, Murid:e, Gerbillin:e. 
Le Naturaliste, Paris, IV, No. 16, p. 127, Aug. 15, 1882. 
Hendecapleura 'THoMAs, Zool. Record for 1882, XIX, Mamm., 28, 1883; Larasrs, 
Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genova, X X, 258 footnote, 1884 (emendation ). 
Type: Gerbillus garamantis Lataste, from Sidi-Roueld (Ouargla), Algeria. 
Endecapleura: Evdexa, eleven; zAevpd, rib. 
Endoptychus (see Entoptychus). Glires, Heteromyid:e? 
Engeco ll4Egckgr, 1866. Primates, Simiidee. 
Gen. Morph. Organismen, II, cl footnote, clx, 1866; Hist. Creation, Am. ed., 
II, 275, 1883. 
Type: Engeco troglodytes (= Simia troglodytes Gmelin), from West Africa. 
Name antedated by Troglodytes Geoffroy, 1812 (preoccupied); by Pan Oken, 1816, 
and by several other names. 
Engeco: Native name. * Der Chimpanze dürfte als generischen Namen am pas- 
sendsten die Bezeichnung beihalten, welche er in seiner Heimath bei den 
Negern führt: Engeco."  (HAECKEL.) 
Engyscopus GisrEL, 1848. Insectivora, Chrysochloridz. 
Naturgesch. Thierreichs f. hóhere Schulen, p. viii, 1848 (under Chrysochloris). 
New name for Chrysochloris Lacépéde, 1799 (supposed to be preoccupied by 
Chrysochlora Latreille [1825], a genus of Diptera). 
Engyscopus: iy y óc, near; 6kozós, watcher—i. e., nearsighted—in allusion to 
the concealment of the eyes by skin. 
Enhydra FrrwiNc, 1822. Fer, Mustelidee. 
Philos. of Zoology, II, 187, 1822. 
