618 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Samotherium FonsvrH Masor, 1889. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Giraffidee. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, CVII, No. 27, Séance du 31 Dec., 1888, p. 1181, 1889; 
LvpEKKER, Nature, XLIII, 86, 1 fig. in text, Nov. 27, 1890; ForsyrH Masor, 
Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1891, 317-319, fig. 1. 
Type: Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major, from the Pliocene of the Island of 
Samos, Greece. 
Extinct. ‘‘Représenté par les restes d'au moins douze individus, dont six 
cranes plus ou moins complets." 
Samotherium: Samos, the type locality; 07ptov, wild beast. 
Sanitherium Meyer, 1865-66. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suidze? 
Paleontographica, X V, 15-17, Taf. 11, figs. 9-12, 1865-66. 
Type: Sanitherium schlagintweiti Meyer, from Koshialgarh, Punjab, India. 
Z£xtinct. Based on ‘ein Paar Bruchstücke aus dem Unterkiefer.’ 
Sanitherium: Sani, an Indian deity; §7ptov, wild beast. 
Sapajus (subgenus) Kerr, 1792. Primates, Cebidee. 
Animal Kingdom, I, Mamm., 74-79, Syst. Cat., Nos. 64-77 (full genus), 1792; 
ALLEN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., VII, 181, June 19, 1895. 
Sapajou L^cÉrEbE, Tabl. Mamm., 4, 1799; Nouv. Tableau Méth. Mamm., in 
Buffon's Hist. Nat., Didot éd., Quad., XIV, 146, 1799; Mém. l'Institut, Paris, 
III, 489, 1801; Suack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 509-513. 
Sapaju RrraEN, Naturl. Eintheilung Siiugthiere, Giessen, 33, 1824. 
Species and subspecies, 14: Sapajus beelzebub, S. seniculus, S. paniscus, S. exquina, 
S. trepidus, S. trepidus fulvus, S. fatuellus, S. apella, S. capucinus, S. capucinus 
albulus, S. sciureus, S. sciureus mortus, S. syrichtus, and S. variegatus, from South 
America. 
Sapajus: Sapajou, trom sajouassou, a native name of these monkeys on the Ama- 
zon, adopted by Buffon (Hist. Nat., XV, 37, 1767). 
Sarcolemur Cops, 1875. Primates, Hyopsodide. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 20, 1875, 256; Tert. Vert., 233-234, pl. xxiv, 
figs. 18-19, 1885; OsBorn, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XVI, 189, June 
28, 1902. 
Type: Antiacodon furcatus Cope, from the Eocene (Bridger) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on a lower jaw containing the fourth premolar and three molars. 
Sarcolemur: 6«&p&, Gapkos, flesh; +- Lemur. 
Sarcophilus F. Cuvirr, 1837. Marsupialia, Dasyuridz. 
Hist. Nat. Mamm., VII, livr. uxx, pl. (‘Sareophile oursin?) with 6 pp. text, 
Aug., 1837. 
Sacrophilus Borragp, Jardin des Plantes, 204, 1842. 
Type: Sarcophilus ursinus (= Didelphis ursina Harris), from the vicinity of Hobart 
Town, Tasmania. 
Sarcophilus: 6apé, GapkKos; flesh; @idos, loving—in allusion to its carnivorous 
habits. 
Sarcothraustes Corr, 1882. Creodonta, Triisodontid:e. 
**Paleont. Bull., No. 34, pp. 193-194, Feb. 20, 1882;" Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 
XX, 193-194, Apr. 4, 1882; Tert. Vert., 346, 1885 (date of publication). 
Type: Sarcothraustes antiquus Cope, from the Eocene of New Mexico. 
Extinct. Based on ‘the last two superior molars, the last one lacking the crown; 
and parts of both mandibular rami . . . all belonging to one individual.’ 
Sarcothraustes: 6&p$, Gapkos, flesh; Goavo6rns, from Opava, to tear in pleces— 
indicative of the animal’s supposed carnivorous habits. 
Saricovia (subgenus of Lutra) Lesson, 1842. Fer, Mustelid:e. 
Nouy. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm., 72, 1842. 
Type: Lutra brasiliensis Zimmermann, from Brazil. 
