trem. Brit. Mus., 10, 1888 (in synonymy, type fixed). 
Species: Didelphis gigantea Gmelin (= Yerboa gigantea Zimmermann, type), from 
New South Wales, Australia; and D. brunii Gmelin, from the.Aru Islands. 
Halmaturus: &Aje, spring; ovo, tail—in allusion to the use of the tail in 
leaping. 
Halodon Mamsn, 1889. Allotheria, Plagiaulacidee. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XXXVIII, 87, pl. m1, figs. 1-3, 11-13, July, 1889. 
Type: Halodon sculptus Marsh, from the Cretaceous (Laramie) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on *' the characteristic fourth premolar of the lower jaw." 
Halodon: dAws, disk; 66@v=66o0vs, tooth. 
Halticus (subgenus of Scirtopoda) BRANDT, 1844. Glires, Dipodide. 
Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci., St.-Pétersbourg, II, 215-215, 1844. 
Type: Dipus halticus Iliger, from southwestern Siberia. Halticus forms a section 
of Seirtopoda, which latter is.a subgenus of Dipus. 
Name preoccupied by Halticus Hahn, 1831, a genus of Hemiptera. 
Halticus: &AtiK 0s, good at leaping. 
Haltomys (subgenus of Scirtopoda) Branpt, 1844. Glires, Dipodid:e. 
Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci., St.-Pétersbourg, II, 215-217, 1844. 
Species, 4: Dipus xgyptius Hemprich & Ehrenberg, JD. hirtipes Lichtenstein, D. 
macrotarsus Wagner, and D. inauritanicus Duvernoy, from Africa and Arabia. 
Haltomys forms a section of Scirtopoda, which latter is a subgenus of Dipus. 
Haltomys: &Aro (2d aorist, 3d sing., of CAAowaz), to spring, to leap; “0s, mouse. 
Halycherus (see Halicherus). Fere, Pinnipedia, Phocid:e. 
Halytherium Kaur, 1838. Sirenia, Halitheriide. 
Neues Jahrbuch Mineralogie, 1838, 319, Taf. r1, fig. p, 1, 2. 
The original spelling of Halitherium Kaur, 1838; evidently a typographical error. 
Hamadryas Lesson, 1840. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Spécies Mamm., 107-111, 1840; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs & Fruit-eating Bats 
Brit. Mus., 34, 1870. 
Species: Simia porcaria Boddaert, from the Cape of Good Hope; and Hamadryas 
cheropithecus (=Simia hamadryas Gmelin? type), from Abyssinia, East Africa. 
Name preoccupied by Hamadryas Hubner, 1806, a genus of Lepidoptera. 
Hamadryas: “Awadpuads, in Greek mythology, a wood nymph, supposed to live 
and die with the tree to which she was attached. 
Hamela (see Huamela). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Hamster La4cÉPEDE, 1799. Glires, Muridee, Cricetinze. 
Tabl. Mamm., 10, 1799; Nouv. Tableau Méthod. Mamm., in Buffon's Hist. Nat., 
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Didot. ed., Quad., XIV, 167, 1799; Mém. P'Institut, Paris, III, 495, 1801; 
308 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Halmaturus luLicER, 1811. Marsupialia, Macropodidee. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 80, 1811; Puowas, Cat. Marsup. & Mono- 
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Tuomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1896, 1019, 1897. 
Type: Hamster nigricans Lacépéde, from Europe. 
Hamster: German hamster, the common name of this mouse. 
Hanno Gray, 1821. Primates, Cercopithecid:e. 
London Med. Repos., XV, 297, Apr. 1, 1821. 
Type: Simia nasica Schreber, from Borneo. (See Nasalis Geoffroy, 1812.) 
Hanno: Possibly in honor of Hanno, a Carthaginian admiral, who visited the 
west coast of Africa in the fifth or sixth century B. C. The narrative of his 
voyage contains the earliest account of some of the larger apes. 
Hapale IruiGEsR, 1811. Primates, Hapalidee. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 71-72, 1811. 
Harpale Gray, London Med. Repos., xv, No. 88, p. 298, Apr. 1, 1821 (misprint). 
Hapales F. Cuvign, Dict. Sci. Nat., LIX, 401, 1829. 
Species, 3: Simia rosulia Linn:zus, S. imidas Linnzeus, and S. jacchus Linnzeus 
(type), from South America. Name antedated by Callithrix Erxleben, 1777. 
Hapale: &z«Aos, soft—from the long, soft fur. 
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