266 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Eoxerus—Continued. 
Species, 6: Yerus (Rhinosciurus) laticaudatus Müller & Schlegel (type), from 
Borneo; X. berdmorei Blyth, from Indo-China; X. tristriatus Charlesworth, 
from India; X. palmarum (Linneeus), from India; X. insignis ( Desmarest), 
from Malacca; and X. hosei Thomas, from Borneo. 
Eoxerus: 70s, dawn, the East; -+- Xerus—in allusion to its habitat. 
Eozapus (subgenus of ce) PREBLE, 1899. Glires, Zapodidee. 
N. Am. Fauna, No. 15, pp. 13, 37, pl. 1, fig. 2, figs. 3-4 in text, Aug. 8, 1899. 
Type: Zapus 22 Pousargues, from Ta-tsien-lou, Szechuen, China. 
Eozapus: nos, dawn, the East; -|- Zapus—in allusion to its habitat in the far East. 
Epanorthus AwEcnriNo, 1889. Marsupialia, Epanorthid:ze. 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamif. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 271-275, pl. 1, figs. 10-16, 1889. 
New name lor Palxothentes (Moreno) Ameghino, 1887. ‘‘ Este nombre es imposi- 
ble, debiéndose escribir Palxoteuthis, pero desgraciadamente ya ha sido em- 
pleado con anticipación por D'Orbigny para distinguir un género de moluscos." 
Extinct. 
Epanorthus: éxavop$0e, to correct, to amend—possibly in allusion to the fact 
that this name is a substitute or correction for Palxothentes. 
Epanthropos Corr, 1879. Primates, Hominidze. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov. 4, 1879, 194. 
Provisional name pop for a genus of man having the number of teeth 
reduced to 28: IZ, C1, Pm?, M2, if the character becomes constant at some 
future day. ‘‘The absence of one or both pairs of the third molars is still 
more conimon [than the absence of the external superior incisors noted in 32 
families in Philadelphia ]."' 
Epanthropos: àzí, near; &v6po7os, man. 
Epiblema AwrcGnuiNo, 1886. Glires, Chinchillide. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien., Córdoba, IX, 44-45, 1886. 
Type: Epiblema horridula Ameghino, from the Tertiary of Paraná, Argentina. 
Name preoccupied by Epiblema Hübner, 1816, a genus of Lepidoptera. Replaced 
by Neoepiblema Ameghino, 1889. 
Extinct. Based on the last upper molar of the right jaw. 
Epiblema: éxífiÀgue, cover, patch—in allusion to the enamel on the last upper 
molar. ''Muelas superiores con una hoja de esmalte ünica replegada sobre sí 
misma y sin discontinuidad de un extremo i otro de la muela, imitando los 
repliegues la forma de láminas transversales." (AMEGHINO. ) 
Epichriacus Scorr, 1892. Creodonta, Oxycleenidee. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov. 15, 1892, 296. 
Type: Chriacus schlosserianus Cope, from the Eocene of New Mexico. 
Extinct. 
Zpichriaeus: émt, near; + Chriacus—trom the resemblance of the upper molars 
to those of Chriacus. 
Epicyon (subgenus of Canis) Lerpy, 1858. Fer, Canide. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, 21-22; Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 2d ser., 
VII, 69, 1869 (raised to generic rank ). 
Type: Canis ( Epicyon) haydeni Leidy, from the Miocene of the valley of the Nio- 
brara River, Nebraska. 
zxtinct. Based on “the sectorial molar, the two preceding premolars, and the 
sockets for the tubercular molars." 
Epicyon: ézi, near; k«ócv, dog. 
