290 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Galestes—Continued. 
“Apparently taken from a drawing of R. Owen’s, preserved in the British 
Museum (Natural History) ... In the Owen MSS., which I fortunately 
rescued for the nation, there is a drawing which formed f. 21 of pl. rir of 
Owen, Mesoz. Mamm. (Paleont Soc., 1871), upon which Owen has written 
‘(fale[le]stes [sic] ya@A7, a weasel.’’’ (SHERBORN in epist., June 28, 1897.) 
Extinct. 
Galestes: yarn, weasel; Anorns, robber. 
Galethylax Gervais, 1848-52. Creodonta, Proviverridze? 
Zool. et Paléont. Franc., 1* éd., I, 132-133, 1 fig. in text, 1848-52; 2° éd., 219-220, 
fig. 21 in text, 1859. 
Type: Galethylax blainvillei Gervais, from the Eocene gypsum beds near Paris, 
France. 
Extinct. Based on a lower jaw. 
Galethylax: y A5), weasel; 60Aa&$ —60Aa«0c, pouch—from the supposed marsu- 
pial affinities of the genus. 
Galictis BELL, 1826. Fer», Mustelide. 
Zool. Journ., II, 551-552, 1826; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, 46-48. 
Gallictis WATERHOUSE, Zool. H. M. S. ‘Beagle,’ pt. 1m, Mamm., 21, 1839 (mis- 
print). 
Type: Viverra vittata Gmelin, from Surinam (Dutch Guiana). 
Galictis: y «À9), weasel; Z«r:s, weasel or yellow-breasted marten. 
Galictis I. Grorrroy, 1837. Fer, Viverride. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, V, No. 17, p. 581, July—Dec., 1837. 
Type: Mustela striata E. Geoffroy, from Madagascar. 
Name preoccupied by Galictis Bell, 1826, a genus of Mustelide. Replaced by 
Galidictis I. Geoffroy, 1859. 
Galidia I. Grorrroy, 1837. Fere, Viverridee. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris. 2° sér., Zool., VIII, 251-252, Oct., 1837; Comptes Rendus, 
Paris, V, 580-581, 1837; Gnav, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 522-524. 
Species, 3: Galidia elegans ( Flacourt) , G. unicolor Geoffroy, and G. olivacea Geoffroy, 
from Madagascar. 
Galidia: y aA18 606, dim. of y aA, weasel. 
Galidictis I. GEorrnov, 1839. Ferz, Viverrid:e. 
Mag. de Zool., Mamm., art. No. 5, pp. 32-34 footnote, 37 footnote, pls. xvrm-xix, 
1839; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 547-548; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & 
Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., 144-145, 1869. 
New name for Galictis Geoffroy, 1837, which is preoccupied by Galictis Bell, 
1826, a genus of Mustelid:ze. 
Galidictis: Galidia; Zkr1c, weasel. 
Gallacho (see Galago). Primates, Lemurid:e. 
Gallictis (see Galictis BELL). Ferze, Mustelid:e. 
Galogale (see Calogale). Ferz, Viverride. 
Galomys (see Galemys Kavr). Insectivora, Talpidee. 
Gamba Liais, 1872. Marsupialia, Didelphyid:e. 
Climats, Géol., Faune et Géog. Botanique du Brésil, 328-330, 1872. 
Species and subspecies, 5, from North and South America: Gamba palmata Liais 
( — Chironectes yapock Desmarest); G. aurita var. brasiliensis Liais; G. aurita var. 
virginiana ( — Didelphisvirginiana) ; Didelphis opossum Linn:eus; and D. philander 
Linnieus, ** dont les poches sont complétes et les poils de deux sortes." 
Gamba. “ Dérivé de came ou game, mamelle, et de mbaé, objet, chose, et équivaut 
par conséquent à mamelles recouvertes.’’ (Liars.) 
