
PUTORIUS—PYROTHERIUM. 599 
Putorius—Continued. 
Type: ‘Der Iltis’ of Europe. Cuvier's subgenus includes 8 species: Mustela putorius 
Linn:eus (type), M. furo Linnzeus, M. sarmatica Pallas, M. vulgaris Linnzeus, M. 
erminea Linn:eus, M. sibirica Pallas, M. lutreola Pallas, and Viverra zorilla Gmelin, 
all from Eurasia except M. furo and M. zorilla, which were described from Africa. 
Putorius: Lat. putor, stench—in allusion to the characteristic odor. 
Pygathrix Grorrnov, 1812. Primates, Cercopithecidze. 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 90, 1812. 
Type: Simia nemus Linn:eus, from Cochin China. 
Pygathrix: zvy?», rump; 6pí£, hair—in allusion to the character: ‘‘Les fesses 
garnies et en outre bordées de longs poils." (Compare Lasiopyga. ) 
Pygeretmus GroaGEnR, 1841. Glires, Dipodid:ze. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxi, 106, 1841; Tuomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, 192, Feb. 1, 1895. 
Type: Dipus platywrus Lichtenstein, from the mouth of the Kuwan-Darja, Aral 
Sea, southwestern Siberia. 
Pygeretmus: vy?) rump; éperuóv, oar—probably in allusion to the long tail, 
which is used in steadying the animal in leaping. 
Pygmaeus Linnxus, 1760. ? i 
** Amoen. Acad., VI, 68, 1760" (fide SireRBoRN, Index Anim., 801, 1169, 1902). 
Type: Pygmaeus edwardi Linnzeus. 
This name is entered on the authority of Sherborn. The description has not 
been seen, and the entry affords no clue to the systematic position of the genus 
beyond the note that it is a mammal. 
Pygmaeus: mvy waios, dwart, pygmy. 
Pygmura Anperson, 1873. Inseetivora, Soricidze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, 229 footnote. 
[Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XVI, No. 94, p. 282, Oct., 1875 
Type not given. The species was subsequently described in 1875 under the 
the name of Anurosorex assamensis Anderson, from Subsasugu, Assam. 
Pygmura: xvy uy, fist; obp«, tail—irom the very short, naked, scaly tail. 

Anurosorex. | 
Pygoderma (subg. of Stenoderma) PETERS, 1863. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatide. 
Monatasber. K. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, Feb., 1863, 83-85; ibid., 1865, 357 (raised 
to generic rank); Handb. Zool., I, 5ter Bogen, 73, Mar., 1863 (unpublished?). 
Type: Stenoderma ( Pygoderma) microdon Peters, from Surinam. 
Pygoderma: zvy)) rump; dépsa, skin. 
Pyramidon Rorn, 1901. Ungulata, Ancylopoda, Homalodontotheriide. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, X, 255, Oct., 1901 (sep. p..7). 
Type: Pyramidon klaatschi Roth, from the lower Tertiary of Canadon Blanco, 
Territory of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Pyramidon: mvpayis, pyramid; 656v = 080)c, tooth—in allusion to the form 
of the lower teeth. ‘‘ Los incisivos, caninos y el primer premolar inferior son 
casi de la misma construcción. La corona es muy corta y en forma de 
pirámide." (Roru.) 
Pyrofelis Gray, 1874. Fer:, Felid:e. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XIV, No. 83, p. 354, Nov., 1874. 
Type: Pyrofelis temminckii Gray (= Felis aurata. Temminck, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1867, 815-816, pl. xxxvi), from Sumatra. 
Pyrofelis: mvp, fire; +- Felis—in allusion to the reddish color of the pelage. 
Pyrotherium AwrcGHuiwNo, 1888. Ungulata, 2 Pyrotheriidee. 
*Rápidas Diagnosis de Mamíf. Fós. Nuevos, p. 10, No. 13, Feb., 1888" (fide 
AMEGHINO, Cont. Conocimiento Mamíf. Fósil. Repub. Argentina, in Act. Acad. 
Nac. Cien., Córdoba, VI, 617-619, pls. Uxxir fig. 11, rxxvrr fig. 10, 1889). 
