400 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Margay (subgenus of Felis) Gray, 1867. Ferz, Felide. 
Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1867, 271-272; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., 21-23, 1869. 
Species, 5: Felis macroura a F. mitis Cuvier, F. tigrina Schreber, F. 
geoffroii D' Orbigny, and F. colocolla Molina, from South America. 
Margay: Maragua or Maragaia—a name used for a spotted cat by the Indians on 
the Rio Marafion or upper Amazon. (Burron, Hist. Nat., XIII, 248, 1765). 
Marikina REICHENBACH, 1862. Primates, Hapalidee. 
[Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. xviii, 1843—nomen nudum. ] 
ReEICHENBACH, Vollstind. Naturgesch. Affen, 7-9, pl. 11, figs. 25-31, 1862. 
Species, 4: Marikina rosalia(Linnzeus), M. chrysomelas (Wied), M. albifrons (Hum- 
boldt), and M. chrysopygus (Wagner), from Brazil. 
Marikina: Native name used on the Rio Marafion or upper Amazon, and adopted 
by Buffon (Hist. Nat., XV, 108, 1767). 
Marmosa Gray, 1821. Marsupialia, Didelphyide. 
[ RAFINESQUE, Analyse de la Nature, 55, 1815, nomen nudum, ' Maiosa R. Did.sp.’ ] 
Gray, London Med. Repos., XV, 308, Apr. 1, 1821. 
Type: Didelphis murina Linnzeus, from Brazil. 
Marinosa: The name given to the murine opossum in Brazil, according to Seba, 
and adopted in the French form marmose by Buffon (Hist. Nat., X, 335, 1763.) 
Marmota Friscu, 1775. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 9, 1775; BrvwENBacH, Handbuch 
Naturgesch., I, 79-83, 1779; 7te Auflage, 81-82, 1803; TnEviRaANvs, Biologie, 
oder Philos. lebenden Natur, für Naturf. und Aerzte, I, 211-212, 1802; III, 
177, 1803. 
Marmotia [ZIMMERMANN, Specimen Zool. Geog., 509, 1777 (not a generic name); 
ALLEN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XVI, 17, 1902. 
Species, 4: Wus alpinus, from Europe; Marmota polonica, from Europe; Cricetus ( ‘der 
Hamster’), from Europe; and Gerbua (‘das barbarische hüpfende Murmel- 
thier), from Africa. 
Marmota: Lat., marmot. 
Marputius Gray, 1837. Fere, Mustelidee. 
Charlesworth’s Mag. Nat. Hist., I, 581, 1837. 
Marputias H. SurrH, Jardine's Nat. Library, XV, Mamm., I, 197, 1842. 
Type: Marputius chilensis (= Mephitis chilensis Geoffroy), from Chile. 
Marsipoleemus (subgenusof Vesperus) PETERS, 1872. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1872, 260-261. 
Type: Vesperus ( Marsipolemus) albigularis Peters, from Mexico. 
Marsipolemus: u&póiros, pouch; Aa140c, throat—from the peculiarity of the 
outer margin of the ear conch terminating under the jaw. 
Marsupiale FniscH, 1775. Marsupialia, Didelphyidz? 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 6, Tab. Gen., 1775. 
Species: Cuzos (das grósste Beutel-Thier aus Ostindien), Jupatima, Tlaquatzin 
(das Amerikanische grosse), Marmosa (das Canadische mittlere), Cerigo, Serigoi 
(das Brasilische), Caygopolin (das Mexicanische Beutel-Thier), and Meriana 
(die Indische Wald-Ratze). 
Marsupiale: Lat. marsupium, pouch. 
Martes FmuiscH, 1775. Ferze, Mustelide. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 11, Tab. Gen., 1775; PrNEL, Actes 
Soc. Hist. Nat., Paris, I, 55 footnote, 58, 1792; Nirssow, Skandinavisk Fauna, 
I, 38-45, 1820 ( M. foina and M. sylvatica); Grirrita, Cuvier’ Animal King- 
dom, V, 123-126, 1827; Scuvrzs, Zeitschr. Naturwiss., LXVI, 170-171, 1893; 
Helios, XIV, 97, 1897. 
