984 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Exochurus Firzincer, 1870. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Sitzungsber Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LXII, Abth. 1, Heft 1-11, 
75-81, 1870. 
Species, 3: Vespertilio macrodactylus Temminck, from Japan; V. horsfieldii Tem- 
minck, from Java; and V. macrotarsus Waterhouse, from the Philippine 
Islands. (See Erochura Kolenati, 1858.) - 
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Fabricia (subgenus of Balenoptera) GRAY, 1866. Cete, Baleenidee. 
Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus. [188-194], 382, figs. 49-53 in text, 1866. 
Type: Balena rostrata Müller, from the North Sea, ete. 
Name preoccupied by Fubricia Blainville, 1828, a genus of Vermes. 
Fabricia: In honor of Otho Fabricius, 1744-1822, author of ‘Fauna Groenlandica,’ 
1780. 
Feetorius (see Foetorius). Ferz, Mustelide. 
Falcifer Renn, 1900. Edentata, Myrmecophagidee. 
Am. Naturalist, XXXIV, 576, July, 1900; Mrituer & Renn, Proc. Boston Soe. 
Nat. Hist., vol. 30, p. 10, Dec. 27, 1901. 
Type: Myrmecophaga jubata Linnzeus, from Brazil. 
Falcifer: Lat. falx, falcis, sickle; fero, to bear—in allusion to the sickle-shaped 
claws of the fore feet. 
Farunculus ('LrssoN!) Gray, 1867. Glires, Sciurid:e. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XX, 279, Oct., 1867. 
Probably a misprint for Funambulus Lesson, 1832. The name is credited to 
‘Lesson, Ill. Zool.,’ but Funambulus is the name there used for this group of 
squirrels. Farunculus is not even referred to by Lesson in his Nouveau Tableau 
Régne Animal, 1842. 
Faunus Oxen, 1816. Primates, Simiid:ze. 
Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., pp. xi, 1227-1230, 1816. 
Type: The Orang utan, Faunus indicus (— Simia satyrus Linnzeus), from Borneo. 
Name preoccupied by Faunus Montfort, 1810, a genus of Mollusca. See Simia 
Linn:zeus, 1758. 
Faunus: Lat. Faunus, the protecting deity of agriculture and shepherds, repre- 
sented with horns, and goat’s f»et. 
Felis Linnxus, 1758. Ferz, Felide. 
Systema Naturee, 10th ed., I, 41-48, 1758; 12th ed., I, 60-73, 1766; Brisson, 
Regnum, Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 13, 191-201, 1762; Miniter & 
Rus, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XX X, 197-199, Dec., 1901 (type fixed). 
Species, 7: Felis leo Linn:eus, from Africa; F.tigris Linneeus, from Asia; F. pardus 
Linnzeus, from India; PF. onca Linn:us, from South America; I’. pardalis Lin- 
nzeus, from tropical America; PF. catus Linneeus (type), and 7. lynx Linneeus, 
from Europe. 
Felis: Lat., cat; also applied to a marten, ferret, and polecat; probably from root 
Je, to produce, bear young. (Century Dict. ) 

Felovia (subgenus of Massoutiera) LarAsTE, 1886. Glires, Octodontid:e. 
Le Naturaliste, 8° ann., No. 35, p. 287, June 15, 1886. 
Type: Pelovia vw Lataste, from the vicinity of Medina, on the upper Senegal River, 
West Africa. 
Felovia: Felou, name of a range of hills on the Senegal River, the type locality 
of the species. 
Felsinotherium Caprenurnt, 1865. Sirenia, Halitheriidee. 
Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., Milano, VIII, 281-283, 1865. 
Type: Felsinotheriwm forestii Capellini (species not named except by statement 
‘dedica al signor Foreste?), from Bologna, Italy. 
