PITHECHEIR—PITHECUS. 539 
Pithecheir—Continued. . 
Pithecochirus GtLoaER, Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxx, 93, 1841. 
Pithechirus AaAssiz, Nomenclator Zool., Mamm:., 26,1842. 
Pitechirus Kaur, Classif. Siugeth. und Vogel, 76, 1844 (misprint). 
Pitcheir Scutnz, Syn. Mamm., II, 260, 1845. 
Pithechir JENTINK, Notes Leyden Mus., XIV, 122-120, pls. 3, 4, figs. 5-8, 1892. 
Type: Pithecheir melanurus Cuvier; exact locality unknown, but supposed to have 
been western Sumatra. 
Pithecheir: wi§nkos, ape; xetp, hand. 
Pithecia Dresmarest, 1804. Primates, Cebidee. 
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., XXIV, Tab. Méth. Mamm., 8, 1804; Mammalogie, I, 
31, 89, 1820; Grorrroy, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XIX, 115, 1812. 
Species: Simia pithecia Linnzeus (type), from Guiana; and S. /eucocephala Aude- 
bert, from French Guiana. 
Pithecia: zí09«os, ape. 
Pithecistes Corr, 1878. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriochceridee. 
Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., X VII, 219, Jan. 12, 1878 (sep. as Paleeont. Bull. No. 28;) 
Am. Naturalist, XII, 58, 1878; Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., X XI, 557-559, 1884. 
Pithecistis ScuppER, Nomenclator Zool., pt. rr, 249, 1882. 
Type: Pithecistes brevifacies Cope, from the upper Miocene (Ticholeptus beds) of 
Deep River, Montana. 
Extinct. Based on ‘a mandible which supports the dentition of one side and 
part of the other.’ 
Pithecistes: Dim. of 2t§Kos, ape. 
Pithecochirus (see Pithecheir). Glires, Muridee, Murine. 
Pithecodon Lorenz-Linurnau, 1900. Primates, Lemuridee. 
Denkschriften K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Nat. Cl., LX X, 13, 2 figs. in text, 1900. 
Type: Pithecodon sikore Lorenz-Liburnau, from the Pleistocene of the caves of 
Andrahomana, Madagascar. 
Extinct. Based on an incomplete skull. 
Pithecodon: ni§nkos, ape; 080v —0980vs, tooth. 
Pithecosciurus (see Pithesciurus). Primates, Cebide. 
Pitheculites AwEaniNo, 1902. Primates, Cebidee. 
[Anal. Soc. Cien. Argentina, LI, 76, Mar.—Apr., 1901—nomen nudum]. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, XVII, 74-75, May, 1902 (sep. pp. 6-7). 
Type: Pitheculites minimus Ameghino, from the Eocene of Patagonia. 
Extinct. Based on part of the lower jaw with two teeth and a piece of the 
upper jaw with three teeth. 
Pitheculites: Pitheculus; with termination -ites, indicative of its fossil character 
(see Hucetites). 
Pitheculus AwEGniNo, 1894. Primates, Cebidee. 
Énum. Syn. Mamm. Foss. Form. Éocénes Patagonie, 10-11, Feb., 1894. 
Type: Pitheculus australis Ameghino, from the Eocene of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Pitheculus: Dim. of Pithecus. 
Pithecus Grorrroy & Cuvier, 1795. Primates, Cercopithecidze. 
* GgorFRov & Cuvier, Mag. Encyclopédique, IIT, 462, 1795;" DuMÉRIL, Zool. 
Analytique, 8, 1806; Leaca, Journ. de Physique, LX XXIX, 156, Aug., 1819. 
Species, 5: Simia veter Linnzeus, from India; S. silenus Linnzeus, from India; 5. 
faunus, S. eynomolgos Linn:us, from southeastern Asia; S. sinica Linn:eus, 
from southern India. 
Pithecus: míünkosc, ape. 
Pithecus G. Cuvier, 1800. Primates, Simiidee. 
[Tableau Élém. Hist. Nat. Anim., 95, 1798—‘ Les singes proprement dits,’ includ- 
ing l'orang-outang and 3 other species]. 
