GENYSCQGOLUS—GEORY CCHUS. 
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Genyscoelus— Continued. 
ment latine, il aurait au moins fallu écrire Genysceelus et non Cologenys. 
Ajoutons enfin que ce nom n'a rien de caractéristique pour le genre Paca . .. 
Ici done encore tout est en faveur de l'adoption du nom américain [Paca] 
déjà choisi par Fischer."  (Lrars.) 
Genyscelus: y évvs, cheek; &ozAos, hollow—in allusion to the enormous, hollowed 
zygomata. 
Geocapromys (subgenus of Capromys) CHAPMAN, 1901. Glires, Octodontide. 
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XIV, 314, Nov. 12, 1901. 
Species, 3: Cupromys brownii Fischer (type), from Jamaica; €. thoracatus (True), 
from Little Swan Island, Gulf of Honduras; and €. ingrahami Allen, from 
the easternmost of the Plana Keys, Bahamas. 
Geocapromys: y), earth; +-Capromys—in allusion to its terrestrial habitsas com- 
pared with the arboreal habits of true Capromys. (CHAPMAN. ) 
Geocyon Wacurn, 1830. Fer, Protelide. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 30, 1830. 
Type: Proteles lalandii I. Geoffroy (= Viverra cristata Sparrman), from the Cape 
of Good Hope, Africa. 
Geocyon: y%, earth; «ocv, dog. 
Geogale Mitne-Epwarpbs & GRANDIDIER, 1872. Insectivora, Potamogalidee. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., 5° sér., Zool. et Paléont., XV, art. No. 19, pp. 1-5, July, 1872. 
Type: Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, from Mouroundaya or Tullear, 
western Madagascar. 
Geogale: yn, earth; «A5, weasel—from the animal’s subterranean habits. 
Geolabis Corr, 1885. Insectivora, Leptictidz. 
Tert. Vert., 807-808, pl. uxt, figs. 30-32, Feb., 1885. 
Type: Geolabis rhynchxus Cope, from the Oligocene of Colorado. 
Extinct. ‘Represented by portions of two crania which are not accompanied 
by either superior or inferior molar teeth."' 
Geolabis: y ?j, earth; A@fis, handle, holder, forceps. 
Geomys hRarixEsqQUE, 1817. Glires, Geomyide. 
Am. Monthly Mag., I1, No. 1, p. 45, Nov., 1817; Merriam, N. Am. Fauna, No. 8 
109, Jan. 31, 1895 (type fixed). 
Species: (Greomys pinetis Rafinesque {= Mus tuza Ord, type), from the pine barrens 
near Augusta, Georgia; and G. cineria Rafinesque (= Mus bursarius Shaw), from 
the upper Mississippi Valley. 
Geomys: Y), earth; 40s, mouse—from the animal’s subterranean mode of life. 
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Geopithecus Lesson, 1829. Primates, Cebidee. 
Dict. Class. Hist. Nat., XV, 52-61, May, 1829 (under ‘Sagouin’). 
Geopithecus seems to be used as a supergeneric term. It contains four divisions 
or groups: Callithrix Cuvier, Nyctipithecus Spix, Pithecia Desmarest, and Brachy- 
urus Spix, which are used as genera. 
Geopithecus: YT, earth; xi§nKos, ape. 
Georychus IrviGEn, 1811. Glires, Bathyergidze. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 87, 1811; ArrEN, Bull. Am. Mus. Net. Hist., 
N. Y., VII, 183, June, 1895 (type fixed). 
Georrhychus MixpiNG, Geog. Vertheilung Siiugeth., 80, 1829. 
Georhychus WAGNER, Suppl. Schreber’s Siiugth., IIT, 369-375, 1843. 
Species, 3: Mus capensis Pallas (type), from Cape Colony; M. talpinus Pallas, from 
Russia; and M. aspalax Pallas, from Siberia. ; 
Georychus: yew@ptvyos, throwing up the earth—from the animal’s habit of 
throwing up heaps of earth along the line of its burrows. 
