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Praotherium—Continued. 
Extinct. Based on ‘the palatal region of the cranium of one individual, with 
four superior molar teeth of each side in position.’ 
Praotherium: mpaos, mild, gentle; 6yptov, wild beast. 
Praticola (subgenus of Arvicola) FATro, 1867. Glires, Murid:e, Microtinze. 
Campagnols Bassin du Léman, Ass. Zool, Léman, 36-63, 75, pl. r figs. 5-17, 
pls. rri-v, 1867; MinrEn, N. Am. Fauna, No. 12, pp. 17, 62, 1896 (in synonymy). 
Species, 5: Arvicola amphibius (Linnveus) (=. terrestris), A. nivalis Martins, A, 
arvalis Pallas, A. ratticeps, and A. campestris, from Europe. 
Praticola Fatio 1867 — Paludicola Blasius, 1857. 
Name preoccupied by Praticola Swainson, 1837, a genus of Birds. 
Praticola; Lat. pratum, meadow; colo, to dwell, to inhabit—in allusion to the 
animal’s habitat. 
Prea Liais, 1872. Glires, Caviidee. 
Climats, Géol., Faune et Géog. Botanique Brésil, 540-545, 1872. 
Prea includes the genera Anema and Kerodon of F. Cuvier, and seems to be 
merely anew name for Cavia, which is not used in this work. Four Brazilian 
species are mentioned: Prea obscura (=Cavia obscura Lichtenstein), P. 
rufescens Lund, P. rupestris (=Cavia rupestris Maximilian), and P. saxatilis 
Lund. 
Prea: Indian name of this animal in Brazil. 
Prepanorthus AMEGHINO, 1894. Marsupialia, Epanorthidee. 
Enum. Syn. Mamm. Foss. Form. Eocénes Patagonie, 95, Feb., 1894. 
Type: Prepanorthus lanius Ameghino, from the Eocene of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Prepanorthus: 70, before; -- Epanorthus. 
Prepotherium AmeGuino, 1891. Edentata, Megalonychide. 
Revista Argentina Hist. Nat., I, entr. 3a, 157-158, flg. 63, June 1, 1891. 
Type: Prepotherium filholi Ameghino, from the lower Eocene of southern 
Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Prepotherium: mpéx@, to be fitting, ‘concordant’ (AmMEGHINO); Sypiov, wild 
beast. 
Presbypithecus (subgenus of Semnopithecus) TRovESSART, 1879. 
Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Revue et Mag. de Zool., 3° sér., VII, 52, 56-57, 1879 (sep. pp. 5, -9-10); Cat. 
Mamm., new ed., fasc. 1, 10-11, 1897; ScuppEn, Nomencl. Zool., pt. 1, 276, 1882. 
New name for Presbytis Reichenbach, 1862, which is preoccupied by JPresbytis 
Eschscholtz, 1821, a distinct genus. Species, 4: Semnopithecus johnii ( Fischer), 
from southern India; S. cephalopterus (Zimmermann, type), S. kelaarti Schle- 
gel, and S. senex ( Erxleben), from Ceylon. 
Presbypithecus: mpé6 vs, old; zí05os, ape—*' parce que une sorte de chevelure 
ou de criniére allongée suront sur la nuque et de teinte claire blanchátre. 
Teinte générale noire ou gris-brun passant au blanchátre sur la croupe." 
(TRovEssART. ) 
Presbytis Escuscuorrz, 1821. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Kotzebue’s Entdeckungs-Reise Sud See und nach Berings-Strasse, III, 196—198, 
pl. —, 1821. 
Presbytes Gray, List Osteol. Spec. Brit. Mus., 2, 1847; Cours, Century Dict., IV, 
p. 4700, 1890; Miter, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVI, No. 1317, p. 477, 1903. 
Type: Presbytis mitrata Eschscholtz, from southern Sumatra, near the Straits of 
Sunda. 
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