566 - INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Procardiatherium AwrEaGuiNo, 1885. Glires, Caviidze. 
Bol. Acad. Nae. Cien. Córdoba, VIII, entr. 1, pp. 55-59, 1885; Cont. Conoci- 
miento Mamíf. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., Córdoba, 
VI, 240-241, pl. xxr figs. 15, 14, 1889. 
Type: Procardiatherium simplicidens Ameghino, from the barrancas del Paraná, 
Argentina. 
Extinct. Based on the left mandible with the symphysis and alveolus of the 
incisor, and the first three molars intact. 
Procardiatherium: 700 before; -+- Cardiatherium. 
Procarnassium HakrcKEL, 1895., Fere, ? 
Syst. Phylogenie Wirbelthiere, ILI, 466, 1895. 
Hypothetieal genus from the Lower Eocene; the supposed ancestor of the Car- 
nivora (Ferz). 
Procarnassium: Lat. pro, before; French carnassier, a carnivorous animal. 
Procavia Srorr, 1780. Ungulata, Hyracoidea, Procaviidze. 
Prodromus Methodi Mamm., 40, tab. B, 1780; THomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 
1892, 51, 60-76. 
Type: Cavia capensis Pallas, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 
Procavia: 700, before; + Cavia. 
Procavia AmEGHINO, 1885. Glires, Caviidee. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba, VIII, entr., 1, pp. 66, 68, 1885. 
Type: Procavia mesopotamica Ameghino, from the Oligocene (Patagonian forma- 
tion) of the barrancas del Parana, Argentina. 
Name preoccupied by Procavia Storr, 1780, a genus of Ungulata. Replaced by 
Neoprocavia Ameghino, 1889. 
Extinct. Based on lower incisors. 
Procavia: 2p0, before; -+ Cavia. 
Procebus Srorr, 1780. Primates, Lemuridee. 
Prodromus Methodi Mamm., 32-33, tab. a, 1780. 
Type: Lemur catta Linneeus, from Madagascar. 
Name antedated by Lemur Linnzeus, 1758. 
Procebus: 2p0, before; Kos, a long-tailed monkey. 
Procercopithecus Dupois, 1895. Primates, Cercopithecidz? 
Verhandl. Berliner Gesellsch. Anthrop., Eth. und Urgesch., 738, Sitzung Dec. 14, 
1895. 
Hypothetical genus suggested to fill the gap between Archxopithecus and Cercopi- 
thecus. ‘‘Andererseits erzeugte er [ Archaopithecus] in der frühesten Miociin- 
zeit den hypothetischen Procercopithecus, aus dem sich zuerst die Cercopithe- 
cide . . . der Alten Welt, hervorbildeten." (Dusots. ) 
Extinct. 
Procercopithecus: 700, before; +-Cercopithecus. 
Procerus Serres, 1838. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervid:e. 
Essai sur les Cavernes à Ossements, 3° éd., Paris, 143, 204, 230, 1838. 
Procervus BLAINVILLE, Comptes Rendus, Paris, XI, 392, July-Dec., 1840. 
Species: Cervus tarandus Linnzeus (recent), and Procerus caribeus (extinct), from 
the bone cave near Villefranche, Dépt. Aveyron, France. 
Name preoccupied by Proceros Rafinesque, 1820, a genus of Pisces. 
Procerus: T0, before; Képas, horn. 
Procervulus Gaupry, 1878. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
nchainements du Monde Animal dans les Temps Géol., Mamm. Tertiaires, 
Paris, 1878; nouv. éd., 87-88, fig. 100, 1895; Zrrret, Handbuch Paleont., IV, 2te 
Lief., 397, 1893. 
