GRYPHOCA—GUEPARDUS. 301 

Gryphoca VAN BENEDEN, 1876. Feree, Pinnipedia, Phocid:e. 
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, 2° sér., XLI, 798-799, 1876. 
Type: Gryphoca similis Van Beneden, from the Antwerp basin, Belgium (‘‘ forts 
2 et 4, de la deuxiéme et de la troisiéme section ’’ ). 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘des vertébres lombaires, un bassin presque complet et des 
os de membres antérieur et postérieur." 
Gryphus ScuvnEnT, 1823. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotid:e. 
'Krüger's Urwelt, II, 718, 1823" (fide Bronn, Leth:zea Geognostica, II, 1174, 
Taf. xu, fig. 7, 1838); *"ScnunaEnTr, Naturgesch., 302, 1826" (fide Bronn, 
Handb. Naturgesch., IV, Index Palzeont., p. 1084, 1848). 
Type: Gryphus antiquitatis Schubert. Based on the report of ‘‘fossile Schiidel 
des Rhinoceros tichorhinus mit ihren etwas Geyerschnabel-formigen Nasen- 
beinen . . . welche die Yukagiren (im nord-óstlichen Theil des Yakuten- 
Gebietes vom Yama bis zum Kolyma Flusse [northeastern Siberia]) als 
Schiidel und Krallen eines . . . Riesenvogels betrachten." (Bronn, l. c., 
1838.) 
Name preoccupied by Gryphus Brisson, 1760, a genus of Birds; and by Gryphus 
Humphreys, 1797, a genus of Mollusca. 
Extinct. 
Gryphus: Lat. gryphus (=gryps), griffin—trom ypvw, a fabulous creature, so 
. named from its hooked beak (y'pvzósc, curved, hooknosed ). 
Grypolophodon HRoru, 1903. Ungulata, Astropotheroidea, Astrapotheriide. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, XI, 139-141, 1903. 
Species, 3: Grypolophodon morenoi Roth, G. tuberculosus Roth, and G. imperfectus 
Roth, from the upper ‘Cretaceous’ of Lago Musters, Territory of Chubut, 
Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Grypolophodon: yvzós, curved; Ad@os, crest; d6@v—= d60vs, tooth. 
Grypotherium Reinnarpt, 1879. Edentata, Megatheriidee. 
““K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter, Kjóbenhavn, 5te Rekke, XII, No. 4, pp. 
393-380, pls. 1, 15," 1879 (fide Forses, Zool. Record for 1879, XVI, Mamm., 
26, 1881). 
Gryphotherium Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., new ed., fase. VI (Index), p. 1402, 1899; 
C. O. Waterhouse, Index Zool., 154, 1902. 
Type: Mylodon darwini Owen, from the Pleistocene of Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca, 
Patagonia. 
Extinet. 
Grypotherium: y pvzós, curved; 07píov, wild beast. 
Guandira Gray, 1866.* Chiroptera, Phyllostomatid:e. 
[List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. xviii, 194, 1843—nomen nudum]; Proc. 
Zool. Soe. London, 1866, 114. 
Type: Guandira cayanensis Gray, from Cayenne, French Guiana. (See Donsow, 
Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus., p. 483. ) 
Gudamu (subgenus of Clymenia) Gray, 1868. Cete, Delphinidee. 
Syn. Whales & Dolphins, 6, 1868; Suppl. Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 70, 1871. 
Type: Delphinus gudamu Owen, from Vizagapatam, Madras Presidency, east coast 
of India. 
Gudamu: Gadamu, Telugu or Indian name of this dolphin. 
Guepardus (subgenus of lis) Duvernoy, 1834. Ferme, Felidee. 
L'Institut, Paris, IT, No. 51, p. 145, May 3, 1834; Mém. Soc. Mus. Hist. Nat. 
Strassbourg, II; p. i, 1 fig., 1835. 
* In 1843 both generic and specifie names were nomina nuda; in 1866 the genus 
was described briefly. 
