PTERONOTUS. 595 

PTERALOPEX 
Pteralopex Tuowas, 1888. Chiroptera, Pteropodid:e. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., I, 155, Feb. 1, 1888. 
Type: Pleralopex atrata Thomas, from Aola, Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands. 
Pteralopex: mtepov, wing; dA@mné, fox—i. e., a flying fox. 
Pternopterus (subgenus of Vespertilio) PErERs, 1867. Chiroptera, Vespertilionid:e. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, Nov., 1867, 706-707. 
Type: Vespertilio ( Pternopterus) lobipes Peters, from Akyab, Arracan, British Burma. 
Pternopterus: zrépva, heel; mrepov, wing—in allusion to the extension of the 
attachment of the wings to the base of the toes. 
Pterobalena Escunicumr, 1849. Cete, Baleenide. 
K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter, Nat. & Math. Afd., Kjóbenhavn, 5te Reekke, 
I, 108, 1849; Untersuch. Nordischen Wallthiere, 56, 149, 1849. 
Type: the ‘ Finhval’ of the northern seas. 
Pterobalzna: zrepóv, wing, fin; +-Balena—in allusion to the dorsal fin. 
Pterocyon PrrEns, 1861.* Chiroptera, Pteropodid:e. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1861, 423; Marcnin, Fledermáuse 
Berliner Mus. Naturkunde, Lief. 1, Megachiroptera, 62-63, 1899. 
Type: Pterocyon paleaceus Peters (= Pteropus stramineus Temminck ), from Sennar, 
East Afric: 
Pterocyon: zrepóv, wing; «ocv, dog—i. e., a flying dog or fox. 
Pteroderma Gervais, 1855. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatid:e. 
Expd. Comte de Castelnau Am. du Sud, Zool., Mamm., 34, pls. viri fig. 7, x fig. 
1, 1855. 
Type: Vespertilio perspicillatus Linneeus, from Jamaica. t 
Pteroderma: zrepóv, wing; Sépa, skin. 
Pterodon BraiNvirLLE, 1839. Creodonta, Hyzenodontide. 
Ann. Francaises et Étrangéres Anat. et Physiol., III, 23 footnote, 1839; Ostéog. 
Mamm., II, ‘Subursus,’ 49, 1841. 
Type: Pterodon dasyuroides Blainville, from the Paris basin, France. 
Extinct. Based on *une máchoire supérieure.’ 
Pterodon: mrepov, wing; óÓc v = ddovs, tooth. - 
Pterodon ('BraiNvrLLE!) PowEr, 1847. Creodonta, Hyzenodontidee. 
Bull. Soc. Géol. de France, 9 sér., IV, 385-393, Apr., 1847. 
See Pterodon Blainville, 1839. The genus as redefined by Pomel, included 4 
species: Pterodon parisiensis Blainville, P. cuvieri Blainville, Hy«nodon leptoryn- 
chus Laizer & Parieu, and H. brachyrhynchus Dujardin. 
Pteromys G. Cuvier, 1800. Glires, Sciurid:e. 
[Tableau Élém. Hist. Nat. Anim., 135, 1798—description under * Polatouches.'] 
Lecons Anat. Comp., I, tabl. 1, 1800 (names only—‘ Polatouches, Pteromys’) ; 
F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci., Nat., XLIV, 40-41, 1826. 
Species (in 1798): Sciurus DM Linn:eus, from northern Europe; and 5. petau- 
rista Pallas (type), from the Molucca Islands. F. Cuvier (1l. c.) says: ‘‘J’ai 
formé ce genre [Pteromys] du grand écureuil volant, nommé Taguan 
Le Taguan: Pteromys petaurista Pallas, Misc., p. 54, pl. 6, figs. 1, 2." 
Plteromys: zrepóv, wing; 0s, mouse—' flying mouse,’ i. e., a ‘flying squirrel,’ 
in reference to the patagium or parachute, formed by the interfemoral mem- 
brane and the membranes connecting the fore and hind limbs. 
Pteronotus RariNxEsqvE, 1815. Chiroptera, Pteropodid:e. 
Analyse de la Nature, 54, 1815; Git, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIV, 177, Sept. 
25, 1901 (name revived ). 
New name for Pteropus Brisson, 1762. 
Pteronotus: zrepóv, wing; v@ros, back. 

* Date of publication erroneously given as ‘1860’ by Dosson, Cat. Chiroptera Brit. 
Mus., 77, 1878. 
T For locality, see Allen & Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., rx, 3, 1897. 
