440 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Myonycteris (subg. of Xantharpyia) MaArscurg, 1899. Chiroptera, Pteropodidee. 
Fledermiiuse Berliner Mus. Naturkunde, Lief. 1, Megachiroptera, 61, 63-64, 1899. 
Type: Cynonycteris torquata Dobson, from Angola, West Africa. 
Myonycteris; 140s, Jvóc, Mouse; vUKTEptS, bat. 
Myopotamus (Commerson MS.) Grorrroy, 1805. Glires, Octodontide. 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, VI, 81-83, 1805. 
Myopotanys Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., LIX, 487, 1829. 
Type: Myopotamus bonariensis (Commerson MS.) Geoffroy, from Buenos Aires, 
Argentina. 
The name Myopotamus, referred to incidentally by Geoffroy in his description of 
the genus Hydromis, was found on a drawing among the manuscripts of Com- 
merson deposited in the Muséum d’ Histoire Naturelle at Paris. 
Antedated by Myocastor Kerr, 1792. 
Myopotamus: 0s, ev0s, mouse; zorauós, river—i. e., a ‘river rat.’ 
Myopotherium LvpEkkEn, 1887. Edentata, ji 
Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pt. v, 145, 1887. 
Type: Myopotherium bravardi? A manuscript name quoted from the British 
Museum Register and applied to ** numerous associated bones of the pes and two 
cervical vertebr:e from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic." 
Extinct. 
Myopotherium: jes, uvós, mouse; ow, aspect; Snpiorv, wild beast. 
Myopterus Grorrroy, 1813. Chiroptera, Noctilionidee. 
Desc. I Égypte, IT, 113, 1813. 
Myopteris Scurnz, Naturgesch. und Abbild. Sáugeth., 79, 1824 (?); Gray, Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XVII, 93, Feb., 1866. 
Based on the ‘rat-volant’ of Daubenton ( Myopterus daubentonii Geoffroy ), from 
Europe. 
Myopterus: Os, uvós, mouse; mTEPOY, wing—i. e., a winged or flying mouse. 
Myopterus Okrw, 1816. Chiroptera, Noctilionidee. 
Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., 932-9553, 1816. 
Type: Myopterus senegalensis Oken, from Senegal. (See Myopterus Geoffroy, 1813. ) 
Myorthius Lay ? 1845. Marsupialia, Macropodid:e. 
London Encyclopedia, X XII, 743-744, 1845 (Art. Zoology). 
Based on the kangaroo rat of Australia, called by the natives *potoroo. The 
genus is described in the article Zoology (urisigned), under the name *Myor- 
thius of Lay,’ without reference to Lay’s description. (See Potoroüs Des- 
marest, 1804.) 
Myorus (see Myoxus). Glires, Muscardinid:e. 
Myoscalops THomas, 1890. Glires, Bathyergidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Oct. 1, 1890, 448-449. 
New name for Heliophobius Peters, 1846, which is preoccupied by Heliophobius 
Boisduval, 1829, a genus of Lepidoptera. 
Myoscalops: 0s, uvósc, mouse; G«&Aoy, mole—from its mole-like form. 
Myosictis Powzr, 1854. Insectivora, Soricidee. 
Cat. Méth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, 14-15, 1854; Grrvats, Zool. et Paléont. 
Frangaises, 2"* éd. 56, 1859. 
Type: Myosictis (Crossopus) fodiens Pomel, from France. ‘‘M. Pomel 
dit: * Elle différe de l'espéce vivante de ce nom par un peu plus de gracilité 
et l'apophyse coronoide de la mandibule plus étroite; elle n'est peut-étre 
pas identique à celle-ci, mais est encore trop peu connue?' Pourquoi done 
ce nom nouveau de Myosictis? — C'est ce dont nous ne nous rendons pas 
compte. Combien de dénominations introduites en paléontologie par M. 
Pomel ne sont ni plus utiles ni mieux fondées." (GERVAIS. ) 
See Neomys Kaup, 1829; and Crossopus Wagler, 1832. 
