396 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Madoqua OaiLBy, 1837. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvin, 137, June 27, 1837; SCLATER & 
Tuomas, Book of Antelopes, I, pt. v, 67-92, pls. xxx-xxxxi1, figs. 27-30, Jan., 1896. 
** Typus est M. saltiana (Ant. saltiana et hemprichii)," from eastern Abyssinia. 
Madoqua: Native name of this antelope in Abyssinia. 
Magestus AwEcniNo, 1899. Glires, Caviidz. 
Sinop. Geol.-Paleont, in Segundo Censo Nac. Repüb. Argentina, Supl., July, 
1899 (sep. p. 7). 
New name for Megastus Roth, 1898, which is preoccupied by Megastes Guénée, 
1854; and by Megastes Boisduval, 1870, both genera of Lepidoptera. 
Extinct. 
Magestus: Anagram of Megastus. 
Magotus (‘Cuvier’) RrrcEN, 1824. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Nat. Eintheilung Sáugthiere, 33 [Tafel], 1824. 
(?) London Encyclopedia, X XII (art. ODORE 735, 1845. 
Species: ‘ Les Magots’ of Cuvier. 
Magotus: Magot, old French name of a monkey, adopted by Buffon. (Hist. Nat., 
XIV, 109, 1766. ) 
Magus Lesson, 1827. Primates, Cercopithecidee. 
Man. Mammalogie, 43-44, 1827. 
Species: Magus sylvanus Lesson (=Macacus inuus Desmarest=Simia inuus Lin- 
nzeus), from North Africa; and M. maurus (= Simia maura Schreber), from the 
Malay Peninsula. 
Magus: May oc, one of the Magi or priests of Persia, a magician. 
Maimon (subgenus of Jnuus) WAGNER, 1839. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
[‘Maimons’ Grorrroy, Mag. de Zool., III, class 1, art. 1, 1833—French name. ] 
Suppl. Schreber’s Sáugthiere, I, pp. iv bis, 141-148, 1839. 
Species, 6: /nuus silenus (Linneeus), J. erythraeus (Schreber), J. memestrinus 
(Linnzus), I. arctoides (I. Geoffroy), I. speciosus (F. Cuvier), and J. niger 
( Desmarest) , from Asia. 
Maimon: *' Maimonet, nom que l'on a donné dans les derniers siécles aux singes à 
queue courte, et que nous avons appliqué à celui-ci en attendant qu'on soit 
informé du nom qu'il porte dans son pays natal." (Burrow, Hist. Nat., XIV, 
176, 1766.) 

Maki Murruean, 1819. Primates, Lemurid:e. 
MurrHeEaD, in Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclop:edia, XIII, 405(under Mazology *), 
1819. 
Species 7, from Madagascar: Maki mococo Desmarest, M. mongous Desmarest, 
M. vari Desmarest, M. rufus ( Audebert), Lemur albifrons Geoffroy & Audebert, 
L. griseus Geoffroy & Audebert, and L. pusillus Audebert. 
Maki: '*Il paroit que le mot Maki a été dérivé de mocok ou maucauc, qui est le 
nom que l'on donne communément à ces animaux au Mozambique et dans 
les iles voisines de Madagascar." (Burron, Hist. Nat., XIII, 173, 1765.) 
Malacomys MirxE-EpwaRps, 1877. ien. Muridee, Murine. 
Bull. Soc. Philomathique, Paris, 6° sér., XII, for 1876, pt. 2, p. 10, 1877. 
Type: Malacomys longipes Milne-Edw ASIE from the Gaboon River, West Africa. 
Malacomys: uaAaKós, soft; 40s, mouse. 
Malacothrix, WAcNER, 1843. Glires, Muridze, Dendromyine. 
Suppl. Schreber's Siugthiere, III, 496-499, 1843; W. L. ScraATER, Mamm. S. 
Africa, II, 34-36, 5 fig. 92, 1901 (Xpe fixed). 
* For date see last page of Cole This n is signed * H. N. A,’ but in the 
list of authors in Volume I is credited to Lockhart Muirhead. D is given 
as authority for Maki, but he used it only as a common name. 

