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Macroglossus—Continued. 
Type: Macroglossus rostratus ( Horstield ) (= Pteropus minimus Geoffroy ), from Java. 
Name preoccupied by Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777, a genus of Lepidoptera. 
Replaced by Aiodotus Blyth, 1840; by Rhynchocyon Gistel, 1848 (preoccupied ); 
and by Carponycteris Lydekker, 1891. 
Macroglossus: uapós, long; yA&6ó6a, tongue—from the very long, slender 
tongue. 
Macromerus A. SwirH, 18383. Primates, Lemurid:e. 
‘“S. Afr. Quart. Journ., 2d ser., II, 49, 1833" (fide Mrvart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 
don, 1864, 638. 
Type: Macromerus typicus A. Smith, from Madagascar (fide Gray, Cat. Monkeys 
Brit. Mus., 90, 1870). 
Name preoccupied by Macromerus Schónherr, 1826, a genus of Coleoptera. 
Macromerus: “wakpos, long, large; 47706s, thigh. 
Macronycteris Gray, 1866. Chiroptera, Rhinolophid:e. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, 82. 
Type: Macronycteris gigas ( — Rhinolophus gigas Wagner), from Guinea, West Africa. 
Macronycteris: “akpos, large; vuKrepis, bat—‘‘ the largest species of the fam- 
ily." (Dosson, Cat. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 134.) 
Macrophoca Lerpy, 1856. Cete, Squalodontidx. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 220-221; Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 2d 
ser., VII, 416, 1869 (synonym of Squalodon atlanticus. ) 
Type: Macrophoca atlantica Leidy, from the Miocene marl of Cumberland County, 
New Jersey. 
Extinct. ''Based upon three specimens of molar teeth." 
Macrophoca: wakpos, large; o7, seal. 
Macrophyllum Gray, 1838. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatid:e. 
Jardine’s Mag. Zool. & Bot., II, 489, 1838. 
Type: Macrophyllum nieuwiedii ( — Phyllostoma macrophyllum Maximilian), from 
the Mucuri River, Brazil (S. lat. 18°). 
Name preoccupied by Macrophylla Hope, 1837, a genus of Coleoptera. Replaced 
by Dolichophyllum Lydekker, 1891. 
Macrophyllum: wakpos, large; pvAAorv, leaf—from the large nose leaf. 
Macropristis AwEanrNo, 1889. Marsupialia, ? 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamif. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 267-268, 911, 1889. 
New name for Mesotherium Moreno, 1882, which is preoccupied by Mesotherium 
Serres, 1857, a genus of Typotheria; and by Mesotherium Filhol, 1880, a genus 
of Artiodactyla. 
Name antedated by Mesitotherium Trouessart, 1883. 
Extinct. 
Macropristis: waKkpos, large; zpíórys (—7p16r9»0), saw—probably in allusion 
to ‘las fuertas crestas transversales de las muelas superiores.’ 
Macropus SHaw, 1790. Marsupialia, Macropodide. 
Nat. Miscellany, I, [O,, pp. 1-6], pl. 33, June 1, 1790; Gen. Zoology, I, pt. 2, 
p. 505, 1800. 
Type: Macropus giganteus Shaw, from ‘New Holland’ (Australia). 
Macropus: uacpóz ovs, long-footed (from “aKpds, large; mows, foot)—from the 
length of the hind feet. 
Macropus Fiscuer, 1811. Primates, Lemurid:e. 
* Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, I, 1811"; Zoognosia, II, 566-558, 1813; Mém. 
Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, V, 402, 1817. 
