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Nyctereutes—Continued. 
Nyctoractes J&aER, Nova Acta Acad. Cees.-Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur., XXII, pt. rr, 
772, 1850. 
Type: Canis procyonides Gray (= C. viverrinus Temminck), from China and Japan. 
Nyclereutes: vvkreptvrn)s, one who hunts by night. 
Nycteris Cuvier & Grorrroy, 1795. Chiroptera, Megadermatide. 
Méthode Mammalogique, in Mag. Encyclopédique, 1° année, II, 186, 1795; 
Grorrroy, Cat. Mamm. Mus. National Hist. Nat., 64-65, 1803; Desc. l’ Égypte, 
II, 113, 1818; W. L. ScrATER, Mamm. S. Africa, II, 119-121, fig. 122, 1901. 
Nicteris DEsMAREST, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. XV, 501, 1803. 
Nycterus G. FiscHer, Zoognosia, ed. ur, I, 18, 1813; RarrNEsQUE, Analyse de la 
Nature, 54, 1813. 

Nyctoris , London Encyclopedia, X XII, 738, 1845 (art. Zoology ). 
Type: JVycteris hispidus (= Vespertilio hispidus Schreber), from Africa (Geoffroy, 
1803). 
Nycteris: vukrepts, bat. 
Nycteris DkecusrkiN, 1801. Chiroptera, ? 
Gemeinnütz. Naturgesch. Deutschlands, I, 213, 1801. 
Based on ‘Das Flatterthier, of Europe. ‘‘Die Vorderzühne fehlen in beyden 
Kinnladen. Eine bestimmte und eine unbestimmte Art." 
See Nycteris Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795. 
Nycterops Gray, 1866. Chiroptera, Megadermatid:e. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, 83. 
Type: Nycterops pilosa Gray, from Africa. 
Nycterops: Nyceteris; ow, aspect. 
Nycticea (see Nycticeius). Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:e. 
Nycticebus Grorrroy, 1812. Primates, Lemuridee. 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XIX, 163-165, 1812; Stonr & REnw, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila., 1902, 138-141 (type fixed). 
Nyctycebus OKEN, Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, 2te Abth., 1175, 1816. 
Species, 4: Nycticebus bengalensis Geoffroy (= Tardigradus coucang Boddaert, type), 
from Bengal; N. javanicus Geoffroy, from Java; N. ceylonicus Geoffroy, from 
Ceylon; and Lemur potto Gmelin, from Guinea, West Africa. 
Name antedated by Bradicebus Cuvier & Geoffroy, 1795. 
Nycticebus: vv, vvkrós, night; Kos, a long-tailed monkey—from its nocturnal 
habits. 
Nycticeius RariNEsQUE, 1819. Chiroptera, Vespertilionidee. 
Journal de Physique, LX XXVIII, 417, June, 1819; Desmarest, Mammalogie, I, 
132, 1820; Miniter, N. Am. Fauna, No. 13, pp. 16, 118-121, figs. 35-36, Oct. 16, 
1897 (type fixed). 
Nycticeus Lesson, Man. Mammalogie, 98, 1827. 
Nycticejus TEMMINCK, Mon. Mamm., I, p. xviii, 1827. 
ANycticey.y Wacurr, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 15, 1890. 
Nycticea Le Conte, MeMurtrie's Cuvier, Animal Kingdom, 432, 1831. 
Nicticejus R6PPELL, Mus. Senckenbergianum, III, Heft 1r, 157, 1842. 
Species: Vespertilio humeralis Ratinesque (type), and V. tesselatus Rafinesque, from 
Kentucky or Indiana. 
Nycticeius: v8, vvkrós, night. 
Nycticellus (see Nyctiellus). Chiroptera, Natalidee. 
Nycticeyx (‘Rarrnesqur’) WacrEn, 1830. Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:e. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 15, 1830. 
Emendation of Nycticeius Rafinesque, 1819. 
Nycticeyx: vokr10s, nocturnal; K)vé, a greedy sea bird—here simply in the sense 
of a bird. 
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