PALMATUS—PALYEIDODON. 507 
Palmatus ('GrieBEL') Lvpekkzn, 1898. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
[ Palmati GrEBEL, Siiugeth., 351, 1859. ] 
Lypekker, Deer of All Lands, 125, 127, 1898 (synonym of Dama). 
Palmati as used by Giebel is erally merely a descriptive term for a group of 
Cervus including the subgenera Platycerus, Alces, and ee As given by 
Lydekker, Palmatus is a synonym of Dama H. Smith, 1827. 
Palmatus: Lat., palmate—in allusion to the broad horns. 
Palmista (subgenus of Macroxus) Gray, 1867. Glires, Sciuridee. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., X X, 279-280, Oct., 1867; THomas, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. London, 1897, 933 (type fixed). 
Species, 4: Sciurus palmarum Horsfield (type), from India; S. penicillatus Leach, 
from India; S. layardii Kelaart, from Ceylon; and S. sublineatus Waterhouse, 
from India. (See Funambulus Lesson, 1832.) 
Palmista: French palmiste, ‘palm dweller’—‘‘ il passe sa vie sur les palmiers, 
et e'est de là qu'il a tiré son nom." (Burron, Hist. Nat., X, 126, 1763.) 
Palonia Porrigr, 1888. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidze. 
Bull. Soc. Philomathique, Paris, 7° sér., VII, No. 2, p. 73, 1883; FisHorprr, Die 
Paramphistomiden der Siiugetiere, Inaugural Dissertation, Konigsberg, pp. 
31, 47, 1902. 
The genus includes Bos frontalis from ‘Java,’ but is not described in Poirier's 
paper. The name is merely mentioned incidentally in an article entitled 
‘Description d' Helminthes nouveaux du Palonia frontalis.’ 
Paloplotherium Owen, 1848. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Paleeotheriide. 
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London, IV, pt. 1, No. 13, pp. 20-36, pls. 1m figs. 1-4, 
IV fig. 1, text figs. 5-6, Feb. 1, 1848;* Rept. Brit. Ass. Adv. Sci. for 1847, 
Trans. of sec. 65, 1848. 
Type: Paloplotherium annectens OWEN, from the Eocene sand of Hordwell, Hamp- 
shire, England. 
Extinct. Based on ‘an almost entire lower jaw’ and other remains. 
Paloplotherium: madaids, ancient; ózAov, arms; Inpiov, wild beast. 
Palorchestes (subgenus) Owen, 1873. Marsupialia, Macropodidee. 
Proe. Roy. Soc. London, X XI, No. 145, p. 387, 1873; Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lon- 
don, CLXIV, pt. mu, 797-800, pls. Lxxx1 figs. 1-2, rxxxm figs. 1-2, nxxxrm 
fig. 1, 1874 (raised to generic rank). 
Type: Ires azael Owen, from Australia. 
Extinct. 
Palorchestes: waiaios, ancient; ópynó6rn»s, leaper. 
Paludicola (subgenus of Arvicola) Buasius, 1857. Glires, Muridee, Microtinee. 
Naturgesch. Siiugeth. Deutschlands, 333-334, 343-368, figs. 183-201, 1857; W.L. 
ScLATER, Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus., pt. 2, p. 91, 1891; MrrLEn, N. Am. Fauna, 
No. 12, pp. 17, 62, 1896 (in synonymy). 
Species, 3: Arvicola amphibius (=A. terrestris Linnseus), A. nivalis Martins, and 
A. ratticeps Keyserling & Blasius, from Europe. 
Name preoccupied by Paludicola Wagler, 1830, a genus of Amphibia; and by 
Paludicola Hodgson, 1837, a genus of Birds. 
Paludicola: Lat., marsh dweller (from palus, paludis, marsh; colo, to inhabit). 
Palyeidodon Rorn, 1898. Ungulata, Toxodontia, Toxodontid:e. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, IX, 189-190, lim. vir, fig. 2, 1898 (sep. pp. 49-50). 
Type: Palyeidodon obtusum. Roth, from the ‘toba terciaria’ of the Rio Collon- 
Curd, Patagonia. 

* See note under Plagiolophus. 
