GALEOTHERIUM —GALESTES. 2, 
Galeotherium JXcrn, 1839. Fer, Canidee? 
Die Fossilen Süugethiere in Würtemberg, 2te Abtheil., 71, 200, 203, Tab. x, figs 
43-47, 1839. 
Type (species not mentioned), from the * Bohnerzgruben' of Neuhausen, Wurt- 
temberg, Germany. 
Extinct. Based on two teeth—one molar and one canine. 
Galeotheriwm: y &À5), weasel; 0ppiov, wild beast. 
Galeotherium WAGNER, 1839. Fere, Viverrid:e. 
Abhandl. Math.-Phys. Cl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München, III, Iste Abth., 
163-165, Tab. 1, figs. 4-5, 1839; ibid., VIII, Iste Abth., 119, 1857 (exact date of 
publication). 
Type (species not mentioned), from the foot of Mt. Pentelicus, Greece. 
Name preoccupied by Galeotherium Jüger, 1839, a genus of extinct Canidee (?) 
Replaced by Ictitherium Wagner, 1848. . 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘ein einzelner freier Backenzahn, ein Stück Unterkiefer 
mit zwei Backenzühnen."' 
Galeotherium: y &À9), weasel; 05ptov, wild beast. 
Galera Browne, 1789. Ferze, Mustelidee. 
Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 2d ed., 485, Tab. 49, fig. 1, 1789; Gray, List Spec. 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. xx, 67, 1843. 
Type: Mustela barbara Linnzeus, from Brazil. ‘‘This creature [the ‘Guinea Fox’ ] 
is often brought to Jamaica from the coasts of Guinea [Guiana], where it is a 
native." (BROWNE. ) 
Galera: Lat. galera = galerum, helmet. 
Galerella Gray, 1864. Ferse, Viverride. 
Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 564; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate Mamm. 
Brit. Mus., 161-162, 1869; THomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1882, 63, 68-69. 
Type: Cynictis ochraceus Gerrard ( — Herpestes gracilis Rüppell), from East Africa. 
Galerella: Dim. of Gale? 
Galeriscus THomas, 1894. Fere, Mustelide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XIII, No. 78, pp. 522-524, June 1, 1894. 
Type: Galeriscus jacksoni Thomas, from Mianzini, Masailand, Africa (alt. 8,000 ft. ). 
Galeriscus: Dim. of Galera—from its resemblance in general build to Galera alla- 
mandi. 
Galerix PowzrrL, 1848. Insectivora, Tupaiide. 
Archiv. Sci. Phys. et Nat., Bibl. Univ. Genéve, IX, 164, 251, Oct., 1848. 
Galeryx Fruor, Bull. Soc. Philomathique, 6* sér., X, 87-88, 1873. 
Species: Galerix viverroides Pomel (— Viverra exilis Blainville), from Sansan, 
France; and 6. magnus Pomel, from the Tertiary of Europe? 
Extinet. 
Galerix: Gale 4- ( Hyst-)rix. 
Galestes Gorn, 1874. Marsupialia, ? 
Glossary Foss. Mamm., 22, 1874; SgELEY, in Phillip's Man. Geol., I, 521, 1885; 
Woopwarp & SHERBORN, Cat. Brit. Foss. Vert., 349, Jan., 1890. 
** A genus of insectivorous Marsupials, remains of which have been found in the 
middle Purbeck beds of the Upper Oolites."  (Gomk.) 
““A supposed Purbeck Mammal, quoted in geological text-books—the name not 
existing in zoological literature."  (Woopwanp & SHERBORN. ) 
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