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Nyctiptenus Firzincer, 1870. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Sitzungsber. Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, LXII, Abth. 1, 424—427, Oct., 
1870 (sep. pp. 72-75). 
Type: Vespertilio smithii Wagner, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 
Nyctiptenus: v o£, vUKTOs, night; zr»v,zr72vós, winged—i. e., a winged nocturnal 
creature. 
Nyctitherium Marsn, 1872. Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:e. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., IV, 127-128, Aug., 1872 (sep. issued July 22); 
Hay, Cat. Foss. Vert. N. Am., Bull. ION OlatSi Geol. Surv., 742, 1902 (type 
fixed ). 
Species: Nyctitherium veloz Marsh (type), and NV. priscus Marsh, from the Eocene 
of Henry Fork of Green River, Wyoming. 
Extinct. 
Nyctitherium: vv&, vvkrós, night; 67píov, wild beast—night beast, i. e., a bat. 
Nyctochoerus Hevuauin, 1863. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suidee. 
Nova Acta Acad. Cees. Leop.-Carol., XXX, Nachtrag 2ten Abhandl., 7-9, 1863. 
Type: Nyctochoerus hassama Heuglin, from Abyssinia (alt. 4,000-9,000 ft. ). 
Nyctochoerus: v 68, vvirós, night; yozpos, hog. 
Nyctocleptes Temminck, 1832. Glires, Spalacidze. 
*Bijdragen Natuurkund. Wetensch., Amsterdam, VII, 1-8, pl. 1 figs. 1-5," 
1832; Mon. Mamm., II, 9° Mon., 40-45, pl. xxx, 1835-41. 
Type: Nyctocleptes dekan Temminck ( — Mus sumatrensis Raffles), from Malacea. 
Nyetocleptes: v0é, vukrós, night; KAéxrns, thief—from the habit some of the 
species have of leaving their burrows at night to feed on vegetables, grasses, 
cereals, etc. 
Nyctomys (subg. of Hesperomys) DE Saussurr, 1860. Glires, Muridee, Cricetinze. 
Rev. et Mag. Zool., 2d ser., XII, 106-108, pl. rx, figs. 2, 3, Mar., 1860; Banas, 
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, XX XIX, 30-22, figs. 11,12, Apr., 1902 
(raised to generic rank). 
Type: Hesperomys sumichrasti De Saussure, from the forests of Uvero, near Tuxtla, 
Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Nyctomys: v v8, vvKTOs, night; “0s, mouse—from the animal’s nocturnal habits. 
Nyctophilus Lracu, 1821. Chiroptera, Vespertilionidz. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XIII, pt. 1, 78, 1821. 
Type: Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, from Australia. 
Nyctophilus: vvé, vvirós, night; Pidos, loving. 
Nyctophylax FrrziwcEn, 1860. Chiroptera, Vespertilionidz. 
Sitzungsber. Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, XLII, 390, Nov., 1860; ibid., 
LXII, Abth. r, 544—564, Nov.-Dec., 1870 (sep. pp. 18-38). 
New name for the ‘barbaric’ Kerivoula Gray, 1842. 
Nyctophylax: v&£, vvkrós, night; PvAaé, watcher. 
Nyctoractes (see Nyctereutes). Ferz, Canidee. 
Nyctoris (see Nycteris). . Chiroptera, Megadermatide. 
Nyctycebus (see Nycticebus) . Primates, Lemuride. 
Nystactes Kaup, 1829. Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:e. 
Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. & Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, pt. 1, pp. 106, 108-109, 1829. 
Type: Vespertilio bechsteinii Leisler, from Europe. 
Name preoccupied by Nystactes Gloger, 1827 (Froriep’s Notizen, X VI, 277), a 
genus of Birds. 
Nystactes: vvórakr?)s, one who nods, a sleeper. 
