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Felsinotherium—Continued. 
Extinct. 
Felsinotherium: Lat. Felsina, the ancient name of Bologna, where the type was 
found; 605ptov, wild beast. 
Fennecus Drsmarest, 1804. Ferve, Canid:e. 
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., XXIV, Tab. Méth. Mamm., 18, 1804; Mammalogie, I, 
36, 235, 1820; Gray, Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., 
206-208, fig. 29, 1869. 
Type: Fennecus arabicus Desmarest ( — Canis cerdo Gmelin), from the deserts of 
northern Africa. 
Fennecus: fennec or fennek, the Moorish name of a fox. 
Feresa (subgenus of Orca) Gray, 1870. Cete, Delphinidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, 77; Suppl. Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 78 
1871 (raised to generic rank). 
Feresia Fuowrer, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1885, 510. 
Type: Orca intermedia Gray, locality unknown. 
Feresa: Féres, local French name of a dolphin, used by Bonnaterre as a specific 
appellation, Delphinus feres, **J'ai conservé à cette espéce de Dauphin le nom 
de Féres que lui ont donné les matelots provencaux." (BoNNATERRE, Tabl. 
Encycl., Cét., 28, 1789.) 
Feroculus Kzrraamr, 1852. Insectivora, Soricidee. 
Prodr. Fauna Zeylanica, 31, 1852; WaGner, Suppl. Schreber’s Sáugthiere, V, 
806, 1852; Biyru, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXIV, No. 1, p. 35, 1855. 
Type: Sorer macropus Blyth, from Nuwera Ellia, Ceylon. 
Feroculus: Lat. feroculus (dim. of feror, fierce), somewhat fierce or spirited. 
Fiber G. Cuvier, 1800. Glires, Murid:e, Microtinze. 
[ Tableau Élém. Hist. Nat. Anim., 141, 1798—’londatra’ (Castor zibethicus) ]; 
Lecons Anat. Comp., I, tabl. 1, 1800 (names only—‘Ondatra, Fiber’); Regne 
Animal, I, 92, 1817. 
Type: Castor zibethicus Linnzeus, from eastern Canada. 
Fiber: Lat., beaver. 

Flowerius LitisEBoRG, 1867. Cete, Baleenide. 
Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsala, ser. 3, VI, art. v1, 11-12, 1867. 
Type: ‘‘ Flowerius gigas ( Eschricht ) =Sibbaldius borealis Gray," fromthe North Sea. 
Flowerius: In honor of Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-99, late Director of the 
Natural History Museum of London, and author of numerous important papers 
on cetaceans. 
Foetorius KEvsERLING & Brasrvs, 1840. Feree, Mustelid:e. 
Wirbelthiere Europa's, pp. xx, 68, 1840. 
Fietorius TRovEssART, Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Carnivores, in Bull. Soc. d’ Etudes 
Sci. d'Angers, Suppl. for 1884, 44, 1885. 
Species, 7: Mustela sarmaticus Pallas, from southern Russia; M. putorius Linnzeus, 
from Europe; M. furo Linnzeus, from Africa; M. erminea Linn:eus from Europe; 
M. boccamela Bechstein, from Sardinia; M. vulgaris Brisson, from Europe; and 
M. lutreola Linnzeus, from Europe. 
Fetorius: Lat. fetor, stench. 
Foina * (subgenus of Martes) Gray, 1865. Ferze, Mustelid:e. 
Proce. Zool Soc. London, 1865, 108; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate Mamm. 
Brit. Mus., 86, 1869. 
Type:. Mustela foina Erxleben, from Europe. 
Foina: Ital. dial. fuina, foina, foin, polecat. 
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*. Foina, BLAINVILLE, 1841, is a specific, not a subgeneric name. 
