460 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Nicon— Continued. 
Gray gives Nicon caudifer =Glossophaga caudifer = Monophyllus leachii Gray, and 
states that the habitat is Central America. According to Dobson (Cat. Chi- 
roptera Brit. Mus., 1878), Nicon caudifer and Monophyllus leachii are synonyms 
of Glossophaga soricina (Pallas), while G. caudifer Geoffroy, from Brazil, belongs 
to another genus and was in fact the type of Peters’ Lonchoglossa. 
Nicteris (see Nycteris). 2 Chiroptera, Megadermatide. 
Nicticejus (see Nycticeius ) Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Nimravus Corr, 1879. Fer:z, Felid:ze. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Aug. 12, 1879, 169-170, 174. 
Type: Nimravus brachyops Cope, from the Miocene of White River, Oregon (= N. 
gomphodus Cope, from the John Day Miocene, Oregon). 
Extinct. 
Nimravus: Nimr-(od), hunter; Lat. avus, ancestor. 
Nocthora F. Cuvier, 1824. Primates, Cebide. 
Hist. Nat. Mamm., V, livr. xui, pl. (‘Douroucouli’) with 3 pp. text, Aug., 1824; 
Dict. Sei. Nat., LIX, 400, 1829. 
New name for Aotes Humboldt, 1811, which is considered inappropriate. Type: 
Nocthora trivirgata (= Simia. trivirgata Humboldt), from Esmeralda, on the 
Orinoco River, near the junction of the Cassiquiare, Venezuela. 
Nocthora: ‘Qui voit dans la nuit'—in allusion to the animal’s nocturnal habits. 
Noctifelis I. GEorrRov, 1844. Fer», Felidze. 
I. Georrroy, in Jacquemont’s Voy. dans l'Inde, IV, Zool., Mamm., 37, 1844. 
Name merely suggested, not actually adopted. ‘‘ Lorsqu’un groupe est sub- 
divisé, il est d'usage, et presque de regle, que la subdivision principale conserve 
le nom de la division, et que des noms nouveaux concordant autant que pos- 
sible avee celui-ci soient eréés pour les subdivisions moins importantes. Selon 
cette rogle, le nom de Felis devrait rester en propre au groupe qui comprend 
les grandes espéces à pupille circulaire, et les Felis à pupille variable devraient 
recevoir un nom nouveau, tel que: Noctifelis, Profelis ou tout autre analogue." 
(GEOFFROY.) 
Noctifelis: Lat. nox, noctis, night; + Felis—irom the animal’s nocturnal habits. 
Noctifelis (subgenus of Felis) SEvERTZOW, 1858. Fer:ze, Felidze. 
Revue et Mag. de Zool., Paris, 2* sér., X, 386, 390, Sept., 1858. 
Type: Felis guigna Molina, from Chile. 
Noctilio Linnmus, 1766. Chiroptera, Noctilionide. 
Systema Nature, 12th ed., 88-89, 1766; Dozson, Cat. Chiroptera Brit. Mus., 393- 
399, 1878. 
Type: Noctilio americanus Linneeus (= Vespertilio leporinus Linnzeus, 1758), from 
tropical South America. 
Noctilio: Lat. nox, noctis, night; -- ending -ilio (see Vespertilio) . 
Noctula (subgenus of Pipistrellus) BoxaPARTE, 1837. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Iconografia Fauna Italica, I, fasc. xxr (under Vespertilio alcythoe), 1837; Cat. 
Metod. Mamm. Europei, 19, 1845. 
Type: Vespertilio serotinus Schreber, from Europe. 
Noctula: French noctule, common name of a bat (from Lat. nox, noctis, night). 
Noctulinia Gray, 1842. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 258, Dec., 1842; List. Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 
pp. xix, 31-32, 1843; Jerpon, Mamm. India, 36, 1874. 
Species: Noctulinia proterus Gray, from England; and N. fulvus Gray, locality not 
stated. 
Noctulinia: Lat., of, or belonging to night (from noctus = nox, night)—in allusion 
to the animal's crepuscular habits. 

