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Megaloglossus —Continued. 
Name said to be preoccupied by Megaglossa Rondani, 1865, a genus of Diptera. 
Replaced by Trygenycteris Lydekker, 1891. 
Megaloglossus: uéy «c, “ey &À9, great, large; vA®GGa, tongue. 
Megalomeryx Leipy, 1858. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Camelide. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, 24-25. 
Type: Megalomeryx niobrarensis Leidy, from the Pleistocene of the valley of the 
Niobrara River, Nebraska. 
Extinct. Based on ‘two lower molar teeth.’ 
Megalomeryx: u£y as (utyaÀ-), great, large; 477pv$, ruminant—in allusion to 
the lower molars, ‘‘ which indicate a ruminating animal of the largest size." 
Megalomys (subg. of Hesperomys) TRovEssART, 1881. — Glires, Murid:e, Cricetinz. 
Le Naturaliste, Paris, III, No. 45, p. 357, Feb. 1, 1881; Comptes Rendus, Paris, 
XCII, 198-199, 1881; Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Rodentia, in Bull. Soc. 
d'Études Sci. d'Angers, X, fasc. 2, 134, 1881; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 6* sér 
Zool., XIX, art. 5, pp. 1-18, pl. 1, 1885; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser 
XI, 385-388, Apr., 1903; ALLEN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, 21, Ep ily 
1902 (raised to generic rank). 
Type: Mus pilorides Desmarest, from the Antilles. 
Name said to be preoccupied by Megamys D’Orbigny & Laurillard, 1842. 
Replaced by Moschomys Trouessart, 1903. 
Megalomys: éyas (uey aÀ-), great, large; 0s, mouse—‘‘qui rappelle que son 
type est de beaucoup le plus grand des rats américains." (Trourssart, Le 
Naturaliste, p. 357.) 
Megalomys (‘D’Orsiany & LAuRILLARD’ ) TnovEssART, 1908. Glires, Chinchillidze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., XI, 387, Apr., 1903. 
Emendation of Megamys D'Orbigny & Laurillard, 1842. ‘‘In agreement with 
the rules of nomenclature prescribed by the International Zoological Con- 
gresses, ‘Megamys’ ought to be rectified into Megalomys." (TROUESSART. ) 
Megalonyx Jrrrerson, 1799. Edentata, Megalonychide. 
Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., IV, 248, 1799 (species not named); DrswanEsTr, Mam- 
malogie, II, 366, 1822 (type named ). 
Type: Megatherium jeffersonii Desmarest, 1822, from a Pleistocene cave deposit in 
Greenbrier County, West Virginia. 
Extinct. Based on (1) the lower extremity of a femur, (2) a radius, (3) an 
ulna, (4) three claws and half a dozen other bones of the foot. 
Megalonyx: uéy es (uey ad-), great, large; Ovvé, claw. 
Megalophodon horn, 1903. Ungulata, Astrapotheroidea, Astrapotheriide. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, XI, 136-137, 1903. 
Species: Megalophodon thompsoni Roth, and M. dilatatus Roth, from the ‘upper 
Cretaceous’ of Lago Musters, Territory of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Extinct. " 
Megalophodon: uéy a, great; Ad@os, crest; ó0c v —ó007vz, tooth. 
Megalotherium LyprKkkerr, 1889. Edentata, Megatheriidze. 
LvDEKKER, in Nicholson & Lydekker's Man. Palwont., IT, 1295 footnote, 1889; 
Geog. Hist. Mamm., 105, 1896. 
Emendation suggested for Megatherium Cuvier, 1798. ‘‘This name should 
properly be Megalotheriwm, but its antiquity renders it somewhat sacred." 
Megalotis Iniicer, 1811. Ferze, Canidze. 
Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 131, 1811; Okzw, Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 
3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., 1032, 1816. 
Type: Canis cerdo Gmelin, from the Sahara, North Africa. (See Fennecus Des- 
marest, 1804.) 
Megalotis: uéy es (uey ad-), great, large; ovs, @T 0s, ear—from the very large eas. 
