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Morotherium Marsy 1874. Edentata, Megalonychid:e. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., VII, 531—532, May, 1874; Hav, Cat. Foss. Vert. 
N. Am., Bull. 179, U. S. Geol. Surv., 579, 1902 (type fixed). 
Species: Morotherium gigas Marsh (type), from the Pliocene of central California; 
and M. leptonyx Marsh, from the Pliocene of Idaho. 
Extinct. 
Morotherium: ucpós, dull, sluggish; §ypiov, wild beast—‘sloth beast,’ from its 
affinities with the Edentates. 
Morphelaphus FitHor, 1890. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidie. 
* Bibl. École Haut. Etudes, Paris, XXXVI, art. 1, p-7262, 18905!" Amm. (Sci: 
Géol. Paris, 1890, art. 1" (fide LvpEKKER, Zool. Record for 1890, XXVII, 
Mam. 46, 1892). 
Type: Morphelaphus sansaniensis Filhol, from the Miocene of Sansan, Gers, France. 
Extinct. 
Morphelaphus: poopy, form; £Aeoos, deer—i. e., a deer-like form. 
Morphippus AwraGniNo, 1897. Ungulata, Litopterna, Notohippid:e. 
La Argentina al través de las Ultimas Épocas Geológicas, 14, 16, 1 fig., 1897; Bol. 
Inst. Geog. Argentino, XVIII, 459—462, figs. 46—47, Oct. 6, 1897. 
Species, 3: Morphippus imbricatus Ameghino, M. complicatus Ameghino, and M. 
hypselodus Ameghino, from the ‘Cretaceous’ of Patagonia. 

Extinct. 
Morphippus: opp, form; ?zz0s, horse—i. e., a horse-like form. 
Morunga (see Mirounga). Ferz, Pinnipedia, Phocidee. 
Moschatus ? 1845. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
London Encyclop:zedia, X XII, 752, 1845 (art. Zoology). 
The genus is described in an unsigned article, without mention of species, but is 
evidently based on Bos inoschatus Zimmermann, from Hudson Bay, Keewatin. 
(See Ovibos Blainville, 1816.) 
Moschatus: s66Gyos, musk—in allusion to the characteristic odor. 
Moschifer Friscu, 1775. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, Tab. Gen., 1775. 
Type: ‘Das Muskus-Thier. Apparently a new name for Moschus Linnzeus, 1758. 
Moschifer: Musk-bearing—from the specific name of Moschus moschiferus. 
Moschiola Honpcsow, 1848. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Tragulidze. 
Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., IV, No. xiv, 292, July, 1843. 
Type: Tragulus (?) mimennoides Hodgson, from Nepal, India (see Calcutta Journ., 
e220) 
Moschiola: Dim. of Moschus. 
Moschomys Trovessart, 1903. Glires, Muride, Cricetinze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., XI, 387-388, Apr., 1903. 
New name for Megalomys Trouessart, 1881, which is preoccupied by Megamys, 
D'Orbigny & Laurillard, 1842 ( **ought to be rectified into Megalomys’’—Troues- 
sart), a genus of Chinchillid:e. 
Moschomis: uóGyoc, musk; “wos, mouse—‘musk-rat,’ from the characteristic 
odor. 
Moschus Linnxus, 1758. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Systema Nature, 10th ed., I, 66, 1758; 12th ed., I, 91-92, 1766; OaiLsy, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvir, 135, June 27, 1857. 
Type: Moschus moschiferus Linnzeus, from Tartary. 
Moschus: 66x05, musk—in allusion to the musk glands of the male. 
Mosia Gray, 1843. Chiroptera, Noctilionide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XI, 117, Feb., 1843; Zool. Voy. H. M.S. ‘Sulphur,’ 
pt. 1r, 23, pl. 6, fig. 2, 1843; List. Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 34, 1843. 
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