436 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Musculus RariNEsqUvE, 1814. Glires, Murid:e, Murine. 
Précis Découv. et Trav. Somiologiques entre 1800 et 1814, p. 13, 1814; Analyse 
de la Nature, 58, 1815; Am. Monthly Mag., III, No. 6, p. 446, Oct., 1818; 
Hopeson, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, X, pt. 2, p. 915, 1841. 
Emendation of Mus Linnzeus, 1758. '* J'ai changé le nom trop court et équivoqué 
de Mus en Musculus"' | (RAFINESQUE.) 
Musculus: Dim. of Mus. : 
Musimon Parras, 1776. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidz. 
Spicilegia Zoologica, II, fasc. xr, 8, 1776. 
Type: The Argali or Musimon asiaticus Pallas,* from the plateau of central Asia. 
Musimon: pov6j cr, a Sardinian animal, supposed to be the mouflon. 
Musmon ScHrank, 1798. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidze. 
Fauna Boica, I, 1ste Abth., 81-82, 1798. 
Type: Ovis aries Linnzeus, from Eurasia. ‘‘Ich habe für den lateinischen Gat- 
tungsnamen das Wort Musmon aus dem Plinius gewihlet, welches den Mouflon 
bedeutet, weil es unschicklich ist, den Namen des Weibs zum Gattungsnamen, 
und die Benennung des Manns zum Trivialnamen zu machen, was ich auch 
bey der vorhergehenden Gattung [7ragus] beobachtet habe." (ScHranx.) 
Mussascus OKen, 1816. Glires, Murid:e, Microtinee. 
Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, 2te Abth., 886, 1816. 
New name for Ondatra Link, 1795; and Fiber Cuvier, 1800. Type, Ondatra ameri- 
cana ( — Castor zibethicus Linneeus), from eastern Canada. 
Mustela Linnxus, 1758. Fere, Mustelide. 
Systema Nature, 10th ed., I, 45-47, 1758; 12th ed., I, 66-69, 1766; Brisson, 
Regnum Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 13, 175-183, 1762; Miuuer & 
RznHx, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XXX, 226-227, Dec., 1901 (type fixed). 
Mustella Scopout, Introd. Hist. Nat., 491, 498, 1777. 
Species, 9: Mustela lutris Linnzeus, M. lutra Linneeus, M. gulo Linnzeus, M. barbara 
Linnzus, M. martes Linnzeus (type), M. putorius Linnzeus, M. furo Linnzus, 
M. zibellina Linneeus, and M. erminea Linn:eus. 
Mustela: Lat., weasel. 
Mustelina M. BoapaANow, 1871. Fer, Mustelide. 
'"Trudy Obshtch. yestestvoispytateley Imp. Kazan. Univers., I, 1871"' + (sep. 
p. 167). 
Species: Mustela erminea Linnaeus, and M. vulgaris auct., from Eurasia. 
Name antedated by Gale Wagner, 1841. 
Mustelina: Lat. mustelinus, of or belonging to a weasel, i. e., weasel-like. 
Myarion Pome, 1854. Glires, Murid:e, Cricetinee. 
Cat. Méth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, 30-31, 1854; GERvaArs, Zool. et Paléont. 
Frangcaises, 2° éd., 44, 1859 (under Cricetodon gergovianum); TRovESsART, Cat. 
Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Rodentia, in Bull. Soc. d'Études Sci. d'Angers, X, 2* 
fasc., 114-115, 1881 (subgenus). 
Species 4, from Dépt. Puy-de-Dóme, France: Myarion antiquum Pomel, from 
Langy, Cournon, Chauffours, and Puy; M. musculoides Pomel, from Cour- 
non; M. minutum Pomel, from Chauffours; and M. angustidens Pomel, from 
Chauffours. 
Extinct. 
Myarion: Dim. of sus, mouse. (GavpRy, Enchainements Monde Animal, 
Mamm. Tert., 2° éd., 202, 1895.) 

*'The only species mentioned. 
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