968 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Epomophorus Bennett, 1836. Chiroptera, Pteropodidze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1835, No. xxxtv, 149, Feb. 12, 1836 (provisionally 
proposed); Trans. Zool. Soc. London, II, for 1835-88, pp. 31-88, pls. 6,-7, 1841; 
Marscuig, Fledermiiuse Berliner Mus. f. Naturkunde, Lief. 1, 43-59, 1899. 
Type: Pteropus epomophorus Bennett (= P. macrocephalus Ogilby), from the Gam- 
bia River, West Africa. (The name of the type is changed to P. whitei in Trans. 
Zool. Soc. London, II, 37-38, 1841. ) 
Epomophorus: zi, upon; cs, shoulder; $ópos, bearing—in allusion to the 
epaulet-like tufts of yellowish-white hairs which project from the glandular 
pouches near the shoulders of the males. 
Epomops Gray, 1866. Chiroptera, Pteropodidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1866, 65. 
Type: Epomophorus franqueti Tomes, from Gaboon, West Africa. (Proc. Zool. 
Soe. London, 1860, 55. ) 
Epomops: Probably an abbreviation of Epomophorus and ów, aspect—from its 
resemblance to that genus. 
Eporeodon Mansu, 1875. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriochceridze. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IX, 249-250, Mar., 1875. 
Type: Oreodon occidentalis Marsh, from the John Day Miocene of Oregon. 
Extinct. 
Eporeodon: ét, upon, near; + Oreodon. 
Eptesicus RarrNEsQUE, 1820. Chiroptera, Vespertilionidee. 
Annals of Nature, Lexington, Kentucky, I, 2-3, 1820; Mitter, N. Am. Fauna, 
No. 13, pp. 13-14, 95, Oct. 16, 1897 (type fixed). 
Species: Hptesicus melanops (= Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois, type), from Kentucky; 
and V. mydas, from the Western States (Ohio Valley). 
Eptesicus: ézr59v (aor. of zérouai) to fly; oc«os, house. **The name means 
house-flyer."  (RAFINESQUE.) 
Equus Linn xus, 1758. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Equid:e. 
Systema Nature, 10th ed., I, 73-74, 1758; 12th ed., I, 100-101, 1766; Brisson, _ 
Regnum Animale‘in Classes I X distrib., 2d ed., 12, 69-72, 1762; W. L. SCLATER, 
Mamm. 8. Africa, I, 282-297, figs. 73-74, 1900 (type fixed). 
Species: Equus caballus Linnzeus (type), from Eurasia; E. «simus Linneeus, from 
Asia; and E. zebra Linneeus, from Africa. 
Equus: Lat., horse. 
Eraria (see Eirara). Feree, Mustelidee. 
Eremiomys PorrAkorr, 1881. Glires, Murid:e, Microtine. 
Annexeautome X X XIX, Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb., No. 2, pp. 35, 38, figs. 1-2 in 
text, 1881* (fide LaArAsTE, Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genova, XX, 265 
Mar., 1884); Mruter, N. Am. Fauna, No. 12, pp. 17-18, 1896 (type fixed). 
Eremomys HevpE, Mem. Hist. Nat. Empire Chinois, IV, pt. 11, 61, 1898. 
Species: Georychus luteus Eversmann, from the vicinity of the Aral Sea; and 
Mus lagurus Pallas (type), from Siberia (see Lagurus Gloger, 1841). 
Eremiomys: épyuita, desert; 0s, mouse—from the animal’s habitat. 
Ereptodon Lripy, 1858. Edentata, Megalonychidze? 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., for 1852-53, No. VII, 241, 1853. 
Type: Hreptodon priscus Leidy, from the Pleistocene in the vicinity of Natchez, 
Mississippi. 
Extinct. Based on a molar. 
FEreptodon: épézra, to crown; 66@v=ddo0vs, tooth. 
* All in Russian except names of species and some citations. The title of the paper 
is: Cucrewarmseckiüi oó30p» modemorb, bogunmuxes m» Cuóupu; 8°, pp. 92, with figs. of molar 
teeth. 

