449 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
My otalpa—Continued. 
Species, 5: Mus talpinus Pallas, M. capensis Pallas, M. maritimus Gmelin, M. aspa- 
lax Pallas, 1778 ( = M. myospalax Laxmann, 1773, type *), and Myotalpa typhla 
(=Spalax microphthalmus Güldenstádt). 
Myotalpa antedates Siphneus Brants, 1827. 
Myotalpa: 0s, uvós, mouse; + Talpa. 
Myotherium Aymarp, 1853. Glires, Murid:e, Cricetin:e. 
AyMarp in Pictet’s Traité Paléont., 2° éd., I, 246, 1853; Comptes Rendus, Paris, 
XXXVIII, No. 14, p. 675, Apr., 1854; Congrés Sci. France for 1855, I, 265, 1856. 
Myoterium Aymarp, Am. Soc. Agr., Sci, Arts et Comm. du Puy, XVIII, for 
1853, 155, 1854. 
New name for Micromys Aymard, 1846, which is preoccupied by Micromys Dehne, 
1841, a genus of Murinz; and by Micromys Meyer, 1846, a genus of Muscardi- 
nide. 
Extinct. 
Myotherium: vs, uwvos, mouse; 607píov, wild beast. 
Myotis Kaup, 1829. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Entw-.Gesch. & Natürl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, I, 105, 106, 188, 1829; Gray, 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 258, Dec., 1842. 
Myotus Kotenatt, Allgem. Deutsch. Naturhist. Zeitung, neue Folge, II, 179, 1856. 
Type: Vespertilio murinus Schreber, from Germany (= Vespertilio myotis Bechstein). 
Myotis: evs, Ji vóc, mouse; ovs, @rds, ear—from the large ears. 
Myoxicebus (see Mioxicebus). Primates, Lemuride. 
Myoxoidest Brookes, 1828. g ? 
** Qat. Anat. & Zool. Museum of Joshua Brookes, London, 52, 1828 (previous to 
July 14)." 
Type: Myoxoides australasizx Brookes, from Australia. 
Myoxoides: jivo&ós, dormouse; &700c, form. 
Myoxomys (subgenus of Hesperomys) Tomes, 1861. Glires, Muridee, Cricetinze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, 284, pl. xxxr. 
Type: Hesperomys (Myoxomys) salvinii Tomes, from Duenas, Guatemala. 
Myoxomys: yivozos, dormouse; 4/0c, mouse—from its general form, which resem- 
bles that of Myoxus. 
Myoxus ZIMMERMANN, 1780. Glires, Muscardinid:e. 
Geog. Geschichte Menschen und vierfüss. Thiere, II, 351—354, 1780; SCHREBER, 
Süugthiere, pls. ccxxv  A-B, ccxxvi-coxxvr, 1782; ibid., IV, 824-831, 1787; 
Boppagrt, Elenchus Animalium, I, 48, 1785; GMEuIN, Linn. Systema Nature, 
13th ed., I, 155-156, 1788. 
Myorus RErcnENBACH, Bildergallerie Thierwelt, Heft xvi, 7, Taf. 65 fig. 8, 1835. 
Specios, 4: Myoxus glis (Linnzus), and .M. nitedula (Pallas), from Europe; M. 
chrysurus Zimmermann, from Surinam; and M. muscardinus Zimmermann, 
from Europe. (See Glis Brisson, 1762.) 
Myoxus: uvo£ós, dormouse. 
Myrmarctos Gray, 1864. Fer, Urside. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 694-696, 2 figs. in text. 
Type: Myrmarctos eversmanni Gray, from Norway. 
Myrmarctos: 4 00).06, ant; apktos, bear. 
Myrmecobius Warernouse, 1836. Marsupialia, Dasyuride. 
Proe. Zool. Soe. London, No. xxi, 69, Oct. 18, 1836; Philos. Mag. & Journ. 
Sci., 3d ser., IX, 520-521, 1836; Trans. Zool. Soc. London, II, 149, pl. xxvri, 
1839. 

* Type Mus aspala Pallas, fide ALLEN (not M. ti/pinus as stated by Allen on p. 181). 
+ This genus is open to question, as the name is published in a sale catalogue. 
