368 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Lemniscomys (subgenus of Mus) Trourssart, 1881. Glires, Muridee, Murine. 
Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Rodentia, in Bull. Soc. d' Études Sci. Angers, X, 2° 
fasc., 124, 1881. 
Species, 9: Mus barbarus Linneeus, M. pulchellus Gray, M. zebra Heuglin, M. lineatus 
Geoffroy & Cuvier, M. lineato-affinis Hedenborg, M. pumilio Sparrmann, M. 
trivirgatus Temminck, M. dorsalis A. Smith, and M. univittatus Peters, all from 
Africa. 
Lemniscomys: AnuvioKos, a fillet or band; “0s, mouse—in allusion to the dorsal 
stripes. ‘‘ Rats africains à dos rayé longitudinalement”’ (Trouessart). 
Lemnus (see Lemmus). Glires, Muridz, Microtine. 
Lemudeus Rorn, 1903. Ungulata, Ancylopoda, Homalodontotheriide. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, XI, 144, 1903. 
Species: Lemudeus angustidens Roth, and L. proportionalis Roth, from the upper 
‘Cretaceous’ of Lago Musters, Territory of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Lemudeus: Indian name. 
Lemur LiNx us, 1758. Primates, Lemuride. 
Systema Nature, 10th ed., I, 29-30, 1758; 12th ed., I, 44—45, 1766. 
Species, 3: Lemur tardigradus Linn:eus, from Ceylon; ZL. catta Linnzeus (type), 
from Madagascar; and L. volans Linneeus, from southern Asia. 
Lemur: Lat. lenures (only in plural), ghosts, specters—so called from the ani- 
mal's nocturnal habits and stealthy manner of progression. 
Lemuravus Manmsu, 1875. Primates, Hyopsodide. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IX, 239-240, Mar., 1875; Ossporn, Bull. Am. 
Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XVI, 187, June 28, 1902. 
Type: Lemuravus distans Marsh, from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on teeth, a jaw, and parts of skull and skeleton. (OsBorn, p. 
174.) 
Lemuravus: Lemur: Lat. avus, grandfather—i. e., an ancestral or primitive lemur. 
Lenomys Tuowas, 1898. Glires, Murid:e, Murine. 
Novitates Zool., V, No. 1, p. 1 footnote, Mar., 1898; Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 
XIV, pt. vr, 409 footnote, pl. xxxvi, fig. 1, June, 1898. 
Type: Mus meyeri Jentink, from Menado, northern Celebes. 
Lenomys: ÀAfjvos, wool; “vs, mouse. 
Lenothrix MirLER, 1903. Glires, Muridee, Murine. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVI, No. 1317, pp. 466—469, pl. xvi, Feb. 3, 1903. 
Type: Lenothrix canus Miller, from the island of Pulo Tuangku, west of Sumatra. 
Lenothrix: Afjvos, wool; §e1&, hair—from the dense woolly fur. 
Leo Friscu, 1775. Ferz, Felidz. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 13, Tab. Gen., 1775; OKEN, 
Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., 1070-1076, 1816; BnEnw, 
Oken's Isis, 1829, 637-638; RetcHEenBAcH, Deutschlands Fauna, I, p. xiii, 1837; 
Perers, Handb. Zool., I, 6ter Bogen, 103, Sept., 1863 (unpublished?). 
Species: Leo africanus, from Africa; and LD. asiaticus, from Asia. 
Oken’s genus includes 7 species: Leo niger Oken (* El Negro’); L. griseus Oken 
(‘Yaguarundi’); L. rufus Oken (‘ Eyra’); L. brunneus Oken (‘Pajero’), from 
Paraguay; J. sibiricus Oken (— Felis manul), from Mongolia; Felis concolor 
Linnzeus, from America; and Leo vulgaris (= Felis leo Linnzeus, type) , from Asia. 
Leo: Lat., lion, from Aécv, lion. 
Leonina (subgenus of Felis) GnEvÉ, 1894. Fer», Felidee. 
[ Leoninae WAGNER, Suppl. Schreber’s Siiugthiere, II, 460—469, 1841.] 
