484 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Orycteropus—Continued. 
G. Cuvier, Tableau Elém. Hist. Nat. Anim., 144, 1798; Lactprpr, ''Tabl. 
Mamm., 11, 1799;" W. L. Sctater, Mamm. 8S. Africa, II, 219-223, figs. 149-150, 
1901. 
Oryctopus RAFINESQUE, Analyse de la Nature, 57, 1815. 
Type: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin (= M. afra Pallas), from Cape of Good Hope. 
Orycteropus: 6pvKTHp, digger; zovc, foot—in allusion to the forefeet, which are 
used in excavating the burrows. 
Orycterotherium Bronn, 1838. Edentata, Glyptodontide. 
Lethza Geognostica, II, 1256-1258, 1287-1288, 1838 (provisional name). 
Type (species not stated — Glyptodon clavipes Owen), from the clay marls on the 
right bank of the Rio Arapey Grande, 10 leagues above its junction with the 
Rio Uruguay, Uruguay. 
Extinct. Based on the * linken vorderen und hinteren Extremititen eines noch 
nicht ausgewachsenen Individuums.' 
Orycterotherium: ópvir)p, digger; 0ppiov, wild beast. 
Orycterotherium Haran, 1841. Edentata, Megatheriide. 
Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., II, No. 20, pp. 109-111, Nov.-Dec., 1841. 
Type: Orycterotherium missouriense Harlan, from the Pleistocene of Benton County, 
Missouri. 
Name preoccupied by Orycterotherium Bronn, 1838, a genus of Glyptodontide. 
Extinct. Based on numerous bones and teeth. 
Orycterus F. Cuvier, 1829. Glires, Bathyergide. 
| ‘Grorrroy’, RAFINESQUE, Analyse de la Nature, 58, 1815—nomen nudum. } 
[‘Oryctére’ F. Cuvier, Dents Mammifeéres, 173-174, 255, pl. 64, 1825.] 
Dict. Sci. Nat., LIX, 481-482, 1829; WArERHOUSE, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
VIII, 82-83, Oct., 1841. 
Oryctere Kaur, Das Thierreich, I, 81, 1835 (a generic and not a common name). 
Type: Mus maritimus Gmelin, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 
Name antedated by Bathyergus lliger, 1811. 
Orycterus: ópvkr»)p, digger. 
Oryctogale (subgenus of Conepatus) MERRIAM, 1902. Ferze, Mustelides. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, 161-162, Aug. 6, 1902. 
Type: Conepatus leuconotus ( — Mephitis leuconota Lichtenstein), from Vera Cruz, 
Mexico. 
Oryctogale: ópókr5s, digger; vyaA7, weasel—in allusion to its fossorial habits. 
Oryctolagus (subgenus of Lepus) LitusEBorG, 1873. Glires, Leporidee. 
Sveriges och Norges Ryggradsdjur, I, 417, 441-442, 1873.* 
Type: Lepus cuniculus Linneeus, from Europe. 
Oryctolagus: é6pvKrns, digger; Aay os, hare—from its burrowing habits. 
Oryctomysi (‘BLAINVILLE’) Eypoux & Gervais, 1836. Glires, Geomyidz? 
Mag. de Zoologie, VI, Mamm., 20-21, 23-24, pl. 21, 1836. 
The genus is credited to Blainville and includes 5 groups or subgenera now 
placed in three distinct families: Diplostoma Rafinesque and Saccophorus Kuhl 
(Geomyide); Saccomys Cuvier (Heteromyidz); Poephagomys Cuvier and 
Ctenomys Blainville (Octodontidz). 

* The preface of this book is dated January 1, 1874. The work appeared in parts 
and the pages here quoted probably came out in 1873. Allen and Trouessart both 
quote the date 1873 for this work. Dr. Leonhard Stejneger is also of the opinion 
that the first volume appeared in 1873. 
f Possibly a misprint for Orycteromys * Blainville, 1826,’ 
