376 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Lichanotus—Continued. 
Species: Lemur indri Gmelin, and L. laniger Gmelin, from Madagascar. 
Name antedated by Indri E. Geoffroy, 1796. 
Lichanotus: Aryavos, forefinger—in allusion to the second digit of the hind foot, 
which terminates in a long pointed claw: ‘‘digiti indicis manus postic:e falcula 
subulata." (ILLIGER. ) d 
Lichonycteris THomas, 1895. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidee. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., X VI, No. 91, pp. 55-57, July 1, 1895. 
Type: Lichonycteris obscura Thomas, from Managua, Nicaragua. 
Lichonycteris: Aety@, to lick; yuKrepts, bat—in allusion to the animal’s habit of 
feeding by licking out the contents of berries, etc., with its tongue. 
Limacomys (see Leimacomys). Glires, Murid:e, Dendromyin:e. 
Limictis (see Lamictis). Ferze, Viverride. 
Limnenetes Dovarass, 1901. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriochceride. 
Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., new ser., X X, pt. rir, 259-264, pl. 1x, figs. 5-6, Dec. 5, 
1901 (sep. pp. 23-28). 
Type: Limnenetes platyceps Douglass, from the White River Oligocene (Thompson 
Creek beds), 3 miles north west of Three Forks, Broad water County, Montana. 
Extinct. Based on a skull. 
Limnenetes: Aiuvy, marsh; évetos, injected—i. e. subjected to a marsh life. 
(Formed in analogy with Limnetes.*) 
Limnocyon Mansu, 1872. Creodonta, Proviverridz. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IV, 126-127, Aug., 1872 (sep. issued July 22); 
ibid., 4th ser., VII, 397, May, 1897. 
Type: Limnocyon verus Marsh, from the Eocene of Grizzly Buttes, near Fort 
Bridger, Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘the remains of several individuals . . . One series . 
includes the greater portion of a skull with most of the upper teeth well pre- 
served.”’ 
Limnocyon: Atu vy, marsh;+ «vcr, dog. 
Limnofelis Mansn, 1872. Creodonta, Oxyzenidee. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IV, 202-203, Sept., 1872 (sep. issued Aug. 7); 
Hav, Cat. Foss. Vert. N. Am., Bull. 179, U. S. Geol. Serv., 757 (under Patrio- 
felis), 1902 (type fixed). 
Species: Limnofelis ferox Marsh (type), from the Eocene of Henry Fork of Green 
River; and £L. latidens Marsh, from the Eocene of Grizzly Buttes, near Fort 
Bridger, Wyoming. 
Extinct. 
Limnofelis: ÀAiuvy, marsh; +- Felis. 
Limnogale FonsvrH Mason, 1896. Insectivora, Tenrecidze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XVIII, 318-320, Oct. 1, 1896. 
Type: Limnogale inergulus Forsyth Major, from Imasindrary, northeastern Bet- 
sileo, Madagascar. 
Limnogale: Aimvy, marsh; yaa, weasel—from its habitat, and the fact that one 
of the specimens was collected in a marsh. 
Limnohyops Marsa, 1890. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Titanotheriid:e. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XXXIX, 525, June, 1890. 
Lünnosyops FLowkeR & LvpEkkER, Mamm., Living & Extinct, 413, 1891. 

* Limnenetes is not preoccupied by Limnetes Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870, a genus of 
Birds, which latter is evidently derived from Az47777/5, living in marshes. 
t The prefix Limno-, indicative of the character of the habitat, usually requires no 
further explanation. 
