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Narwalus—Continued. 
The Icelandic form is apparently literally ‘corpse whale’ (nar; in comp., nd, 
corpse; ‘valr, whale), supposedly so called from its pale color; but the form 
does not suit the Swed., Dan., narhval. 'Thename may be a native (Greenland?) 
term adapted to Icelandic. (Century Dict.) 
Nasalis Grorrroy, 1812. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XIX, 90-91, 1812. 
Type: Cercopithecus larvatus Wurmb, 1781, from Borneo. 
Nasalis: Lat. nasus, nose—in allusion to the remarkably long nose, which in old 
males sometimes reaches below the chin. 
Nasica ——? 1845. Primates, Cercopithecidze. 
London Encyclopedia, X XII (Art. Zoology), p. 734, 1845. 
Type: Simia nasicu Cuvier (= Cercopithecus larvatus Wurmb), from Borneo. 
Nasica: Lat., having a large or pointed nose (see Nasalis). 
Nasua Srorr, 1780. Ferz, Procyonide. 
Prodromus Meth. Mamm., 35, Tab. a, 1780; Cuvrer, Lecons d' Anat. Comp., I, 
Table 1, 1800; Mtruer & RznHw, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., X X X, 228, Dec., 
1901 (type fixed). 
Nasica Sour, Encycl. Metropolitana, VII, 383, 1845 (Nasica fusca, misprint) . 
Species: Viverra nasua Linnsus (type), and V. narica Linnzeus, from tropical 
America. 
Nasua: Lat. nasus, nose, from its long proboscis-like snout. 
Natalus Gray, 1838. Chiroptera, Natalidze. 
Jardine’s Mag. Zool. & Bot., II, No. 12, p. 496, 1838. 
Natalis WiNaE, E Museo Lundii, III, 3, 13, 38, pl. 11, fig. 2, 1892. 
Type: Natalus stramineus Gray, from South America; exact locality unknown. 
Neacomys Tuomas, 1900. Glires, Muride, Cricetinze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., V, 153, Jan., 1900. 
Type: Hesperomys ( Calomys) spinosus Thomas, from Huambo, northern Peru (alt., 
3,700 ft. ). 
Neacomys: véos, new; + Acomys—in allusion to the spiny fur of ‘the Acomys-like 
Hesperomys spinosus.’ 
Nearctos Gray, 1873. Fer, Urside. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XII, 183, Aug., 1873. 
Type: Helarctos ornatus Gray (= Ursus ornatus Cuvier), from Chile. 
Nearctos: véos, new; &pktos, bear. 
Necrodasypus Firnuor, 1893. Edentata, ? 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. et Paleont., Paris 7° sér., X VI, Nos. 1-3, pp. 136-139, figs. 
7-11, Dec. 15, 1893. 
Type: Necrodasypus galliz Filhol, from the Phosphorites of Quercy, near Larnagol, 
France. 
Extinct. Based on ‘un fragment de carapace.’ 
Necrodasyphus: vekpos, a dead body; ++ Dasypus—i. e., an ‘extinet Dasypus.’ 
Necrogymnurus (see Neurogymnurus). Insectivora, Erinaceidee. 
Necrolemur Firgor, 1873. Primates, Microchceride. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, LX XVII, No. 19, pp. 1111-1112, July-Dec., 1873; Journ. 
de Zool., II, 477, 1873. 
Type: Necrolemur antiquus Filhol, from the Phosphorites of Quercy (near Saint 
Antonin?), France. 
Extinct. Based on ‘un crane.’ 
Necrolemur: vekpos, a dead body; -+-Lemur—i. e., an ‘extinct lemur,’ from its 
supposed affinity with Galago. 
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