REITHRONYCTERIS—RHAGODON. 603 
Reithronycteris MirrEn, 1898. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidze. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 27, 1898, 333-337, figs. 2-5. 
Type: Reithronycteris aphylla Miller, from anes aa. 
Reithronycteris: petipov, channel; vuKrepis, bat—in allusion to the grooved 
palate. ‘‘The roof of the posterior nares is formed by two longitudinal folds, 
given off by the pterygoids and nearly meeting in the median line in the 
region usually occupied by the basisphenoid and presphenoid."  (MrrrEn.) 
Rhabdiodon, Rhabdodon (see Rabdiodon). Edentata, Megatheriidee. 
Rhabdogale WikEGMANN, 1838. Fer:e, Mustelid:e. 
Wiegmann’s Archiv Naturgesch., 1838, I, 278-279 footnote. 
Rabdogale PowgL, Cat. Méth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, 47, 1854. 
Species: The Zorillas of Africa, type not mentioned. 
Name antedated by Zorilla Oken, 1816; and by /etoniyr Kaup, 1825. 
Rhabdogale: 5& 98 os, wand, switch (i. e., a stripe); vad, weasel 
in allusion to the markings. 
Rhabdosteus Corr, 1867. Cete, Platanistidee. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1867, 145. 
Type: Rhabdosteus latiradix Cope, from the Miocene near the Patuxent River, 
Charles County, Maryland. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘a portion of the muzzle... Three teeth are referred, 
with much probability, to this species." 
Rhabdosteus: 5&f080s, rod; óóréov, bone—in allusion to the prolonged sword- 
like rostrum. 
Rhachianectes Corr, 1869. Cete, Balsenid:e. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, 14, 15. 
Rachianectes "TRovEssART, Cat. Mamm., new ed., fase. v, 1087, Nov., 1898 
(misprint). 
Type: Agaphelus glaucus Cope, from the coast of California, near Monterey. 
Rhachianectes: Paxia, rocky shore; v52xkr5ys,swimmer. The type species is a 
coast whale which is said to lie at times in shallow water waiting for the tide 
to float it off. 
Rhadinotherium AMEGHINO, 1887. Ungulata, Toxodontia, Nesodontid:ze. 
Enum. Sist. Especies Mamrf. Fós. Patagonia Austral, p. 18, Dec., 1887. 
Radinotherium ZrrrEt, Handb. Paleeont., IV, 2te Lief., 486, 1893. 
Type: Rhadinotherium limitatum ‘ines, from the Tower Tertiary of southern 

“striped weasel,’ 
Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Rhadinotherium: paó1vós, slender; 67ptov, wild beast. 
Rhagatherium Picrer & HumpBoipt, 1855-57. Ungulata, Anthracotheriide. 
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** Mat. Paléont. Suisse, pl. ur fig. 1, 1855-57" (fide Roger, Bericht Naturwiss. 
Ver. Schwaben u. Neuberg (a. V.) in Augsburg, XXIX, 62, 1887); Zrrren, 
Handb. Palzeont., IV, 2te Lief., 330, 1893. 
Rhogatherium Gervais, Zool. et Paléont. Gén., I, 255, 1867-69 (misprint). 
Ragatherium Frtnor, Bull Soc. Philomathique, Paris, 7* sér., I, 53, 1877; 
AMEGHINO, Mam. Fos. Repub. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., VI, 966, 
1889 (misprint). 
Type: Rhagatheriwm valdense Pictet & Humboldt, from the Oligocene of Switzerland. 
Extinct. 
Rhagatherium: pay as, crack, crevice; Iyptov, wild beast—‘‘ce nom rappelle que 
les dépóts sidérolithiques du Mauremont sont des remplissages de crevasses oü 
sont tombés les ossements des animaux qui vivaient dans cette localité."' 
(Gaupry, Enchain. Monde Animal, Mamm. Tert., 2° éd., 96, 1895.) 
Rhagodon Mercerar, 1891. Ungulata, oS Proterotheriid:e. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, I, 450, 468, 1890-91. 
Type: Rhagodon gracilis Mercerat, from the Eocene of Monte Leon, Patagonia. 
