SCALOPUS—SCARTES. 621 
Scalopus—Continued. 
Scalops IuuiGER, Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 126, 1811; G. Cuvier, Régne 
Animal, I, 134-135, 1817; 2d ed., 132, 1829. 
Species: Scalopus cristatus (= Sorex cristatus Linnzeus), from Pennsylvania; and 
S. virginianus Geoffroy (= Sorex aquaticus Linnzeus, type), from the eastern 
United States. 
Scalopus: Apparently derived from 6KcaAA@, to dig; and zovs, foot, but more 
probably a modification of Scalops, Gk dA ow, GicAozos, mole (from 6«&AAc, 
to dig). 
Scapanus Powzr, 1848. Insectivora, Talpidee. 
Archiv. Sci. Phys. & Nat., Bibl. Univ., Genéve, IX, 247, Nov., 1848; Bull. Soc. 
Géol. de France, 1848-49, 57. 
Scapasius BEDDARD, Cambridge Nat. Hist., X, Mamm., 518, 1902 (misprint). 
Species: Scalops townsendii Bachman (type), from the Columbia River, near Fort 
Vancouver; and S. breweri Bachman, from Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. 
See Scapanes Burmeister, 1847, a genus of Coleoptera. 
Scapanus: Gaz &vry, a digging tool, mattock—in allusion to the powerful fos- 
sorial fore limbs. 
Scaphops Amecuino, 1895. Ungulata, Ancylopoda, Leontiniide. 
Bol. Inst. Geog. Argentino, XV, cuad. 11-12, pp. 629-630, 1895 (sep. pp. 29-30). 
Type: Scaphops grypus Ameghino, from the Pyrotherium beds of Patagonia. 
extinct. Based on an incomplete intermaxillary. 
Scaphops: Gk, basin, boat; ow, aspect. 
Scapteromys (subgenus of Mus) WaArERHOUsE, 1837. — Glires, Muride, Cricetinze. 
Proc. Zool. Soe. London, No. r, Nov. 21, 1837, 20-21; FrrziwaEn, Sitzungsber. 
Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, LVI, 79-80, 1867 (raised to generic 
rank). 
Type: Mus (Scapteromys) tumidus Waterhouse, from Maldonado, Uruguay. 
Scapteromys: Gkantnp, digger; 40s, mouse—in allusion to the long claws, ‘‘ but 
slightly curved and formed for burrowing.”’ 
Scaptochirus MrirxE-Epwanps, 1867. Insectivora, Talpide. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 5* sér., Zool., VII, 375, 1867; Recherches Hist. Nat. Mamm., 
173-175, pl. 17 fig. 4, pl. 17a fig. 1, 1868-74. 
Type: Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards, from Mongolia. 
Scaptochirus: Gic&zro, to dig; ye£p, hand—in allusion to the powerful fossorial 
fore limbs. 
Scaptogale Trovurssarr, 1897. Insectivora, Talpid:e. 
Cat. Mamm., new ed., fasc. r, 207, 1897. 
New name for Echinogale Pomel, 1848, which is preoccupied by Lchinogale 
Wagner, 1841, a genus of Tenrecid:e. 
Extinct. 
Scaptogale: Gi«zrc, to dig; «A», weasel. 
Sceptonyx Mitne-Epwarps, 1871. Insectivora, Talpid:e. 
Bull. Nouv. Archiv. Mus., VII, 92, 1871; Recherches Mamm., I, 278-280, II, pl. 
385 fig. 4, pl. 404 fig. 2, 1868-74. 
Type: Scaptonyx fuscicauda Milne-Ed wards, from the boundary between Kokonor 
and Sé-tschouan, Tibet. 
Scaptonyx: 6i&zrco, to dig; órv&, claw—in allusion to the long, nearly straight 
claws on the fore feet. 
Scartes SwarNsoN, 1835. Primates, Lemurid:e. 
Nat. Hist. & Class. Quad., 352, 1835. 
Type: Lemur murinus Miller, from Madagascar. 
Scarles: 6i prs, a leaper. 
