LASIOPODOMYS—LATAX. 365 
Lasiopodomys—Continued. 
Type: Arvicola brandti Radde, from the vicinity of Tarei-nor, on the plateau of 
Mongolia, in the northern part of the desert of Gobi. (See Phaiomys Blyth, 
1863. ) : 
Lasiopodomys: Aa610s, hairy; zovs, foot; 0s, mouse. 
Lasiopus |. Grorrroy, 1835. Fer, Viverride. 
*T, GeorFRov, in Gervais’ Résumé des lecons de Mammalogie professées au 
Muséum de Paris pendant l'année 1855". (extrait, l'Écho du Monde Savant, 
I, 1835), p. 37; Mag. de Zool., 2° sér., I, Mamm. (pls. 11-16), pp. 4, 5, 1839. 
Type: Herpestes albicaudus Cuvier, from Africa. 
Provisional name, preoceupied by Lasiopus Dejean, 1833, a genus of Coleoptera. 
Replaced by Ichneumia Geoffroy, 1837. 
Lasiopus: A&610s, hairy; ovs, foot. 
Lasiopyga IrriGER, 1811. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 68, 1811. 
Species, 3: Simia nemxa Linn:eus, from Cochin China; S. nictitans Linnzeus, from 
West Africa, and ‘le petit Cynocéphale’ of Buffon. 
Lasiopyga: ÀA&6:0s, hairy; mvy7, rump. 
Lasiorhinus Gray, 1863. Marsupialia, Phascolomyide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XI, 458, June, 1863. 
Type: Lasiorhinus m’coyi Gray (=Phascolomys lasiorhinus Gould=P. latifrons 
Owen), from South Australia. 
Lasiorhinus: A&610s, hairy; Ais fivós, nose—from the truncate, hairy nose, 
without any naked muffle between the nostrils. 
Lasiuromys DrvirLE, 1852. Glires, Octodontidee. 
Revue et Mag. de Zool., 2* sér., IV, 357-361, pls. 15, 16, figs. 5, 5a, 1852; Expd. 
Comte de Castelnau, Zool., Mamm., 104-105, pl xvri, 1855. 
Type: Lasiuromys villosus Deville, from the Mission of Sarayacu, on the Ucayali 
River, Pampas del Sacramento, Peru. 
Lasiuromys: A&610s, hairy; ovpad, tail; 4Üc, mouse—from the tail, which is 
entirely covered with long soft hair. 
Lasiurus (‘RAFINESQUE’) Gnav, 1831. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Zool. Miscellany, 38, 1831; Mag. Zool. & Botany, II, 498, 1858; List Spec. 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. xix, 32, 1843; MinrER, N. Am. Fauna, No. 13, pp. 14, 
105-115, figs. 27-32, Oct. 16, 1897 (type fixed). 
Based on ‘“‘the hairy-tailed species of America." Type Vespertilio borealis Müller, 
from eastern North America. In 1838 the following species were given under 
Lasiurus: Vespertilio pruinosus Say, from Council Bluffs, Iowa; V. lasiurus 
Schreber (— V. borealis, type), from America; V. blossevilii Lesson, from La 
Plata, and V. noveboracensis Erxleben, from North America, the last-named 
species added provisionally. 
Lasiurus: Ad610s, hairy; ovpd, tail—from the fur on the upper surface of the 
interfemoral membrane. 
Latax GrocEn, 1827. Fer», Mustelidee. 
[RarrxEsqvE, Analyse de la Nature, 59, 1815—nomen nudum—' Latax R. sp. do.’ 
(espéce du genre précédent, Lutra)]; Guocer, Nova Acta Acad. Cies. Leop.- 
Carol., XIII, pt. 2, p. 511, 1827; SrErNEGER, Naturen, 1885, 172. 
Type: Lutra marina Erxleben, from the coasts of the North Pacific. 
Latax: A&ra&, an aquatic animal, supposed to be an otter or a beaver. 
Latax Gray, 1843. Fer:x, Mustelidee. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XI, 119, Feb., 1843; List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 
xxi, 1843; Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1865, 132-153; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & 
Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., 112-115, 1869, 
