278 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Eupetaurus—Continued. 
Type: Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas, based on two ' co-types,' one from the Astor 
district, the other from the vicinity of Gilgit (alt. 6,000 ft.), Kashmir, India. 
Eupetaurus: ev, well, typical; + Petaurus. 
Euphilus Amecuino, 1889. Glires, Chinchillide. 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamíf. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 903-904, pl. rxxrr, figs. 7, 13, 1889. 
Species: Euphilus ambrosettianus Ameghino, and E. kurtzi Ameghino, from the 
Patagonian formation of the barrancas, near the city of Paraná, Argentina. 
Extinet. 
Euphilus: ev, well; oíAos, loved. 
Euphractus WacLrn, 1830. Edentata, Dasypodide. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 56, 1830. 
Type: Dasypus sexcinctus Linnzeus, from South America. 
Euphractus: £o, well; 6paxrós, inclosed, protected—in allusion to the carapace. 
Euphrosyne (subgenus of Clymene) GRAY, 1866. Cete, Delphinide. 
Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, 214; Synopsis Whales & Dolphins Brit. Mus., 6, 
1868. 
Species, 3: Delphinus microps Gray, irom the coast of. Brazil; D. alope Gray, from 
Cape Horn; and D. euphrosyne Gray (type), from the North Sea. (For localities, 
see Synopsis, p. 6). 
Name preoccupied by Euphrosyna Von Siebold, 1843, a genus of Vermes. 
Euphrosyne: E99poóvor7, one of the three Graces, who presided over the charm 
and brilliancy of life (from ev@pwyv, cheerful). 
Euphysetes Watt, 1851. Cete, Physeteride. 
Hist. and Descript. Skeleton of a New Sperm Whale,* 37, 1851 [from reprint, 
45-47, pl. 2, 1887]; GRav, Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 392-393, 18606; 
W. L. Sctater, Mamm. S. Africa, II, 188, 190, 1901 (in synonymy). 
Euphycetes Gray, ibid., 391, 1866 (suggested emendation not adopted). 
Type: Euphysetes grayii Wall (=Physeter breviceps Blainville), from Marouba 
Beach, halfway between Coogee and Botany, near Sydney, New South Wales. 
Euphysetes: eb, well; @vonths, blower—‘‘a good or easy blower’’. (WALL, fide 
Git, Am.-Nabt, EV. 740-1871): 
Eupithecops AmecuHrino, 1897. Primates, Notopithecide. 
La Argentina al través de las Ultimas Épocas Geológicas, 13 footnote, 23, 1897 
(nomen nudum); Bol. Inst. Geog. Argentino, XVIII, 421-422, fig. 7, Oct. 6, 
1897. 
Type: Eupithecops proximus Ameghino, from the ‘Cretaceous’ of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Eupithecops: ev. well, typical; 2i67Kos, ape; ow, aspect—i. e., having the aspect 
of a typical ape. 
Eupleres Dov&EnE, 1835. Ferz, Viverride. 
Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. France, No. 3, p. 45, Mar., 1835; No. 5, p. 103, June, 1835; 
Ann. Sci. Nat., 2* sér., IV, Zool., 274—282, pl. 8, Nov., 1835. 
Type: Eupleres goudotii Doyére, from Tamatave, Madagascar. 
Eupleres: £0, well; xAnpns, full, complete—in allusion to the full number of 5 
toes on both fore and hind feet. 
Euprocyon (subgenus of Procyon) Gray, 1864. Ferz, Procyonide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 705-706. 
Type: Ursus cancrivorus Cuvier, from South America. 
Euprocyon: ev, well, typical; + Procyon. 


* “The work quoted has been lately attributed to Mr. W. S. MacLeay, but as Mr. 
Wall has assumed the responsibility of authorship with the evident consent of Mr. 
MacLeay, there seems to be no good reason for accepting ex parte evidence in the 
case" (GiLL, Am. Nat., IV, 739 footnote, 1871). 
