634 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Sirenc— Continued. 
This name appeared in the same year as. /7ydrodamalis Retzius, 1794, but it is 
uncertain which name was actually published first. Hydrodamalis having 
come into common use, should be retained unless it can be clearly proved that 
Sirene has priority. 
Sirene: Gti), siren. 
Sitomys Firzincer, 1867. . Glires, Muride, Cricetin:e. 
Sitzungsber. Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, LVI, 97, 1867; MERRIAM, 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VII, 27, 1892. 
Type: Cricetus myoides Gapper, from Lake Simcoe, Ontario. Canada. 
Name antedated by Peromyscus Gloger, 1841. 
Sitomys: Oiroc, grain, food; vs, mouse. 
Sivalarctos BraiNvrLLE, 1841. Ferr», Ursidee. 
Ostéog. Mamm. Récents et Foss., II, fasc. rx (Carnassiers, Subursus), 114, 1841. 
New name for the genus provisionally called Amphiarctos on p. 96. Type: Ursus 
sivalensis Cautley & Falconer, from the Sub-Himalayas, India. 
Extinct. 
Sivalarctos: Siwalik (Hills), India, the type locality; @oKros, bear. 
Sivalhippus Lypprekerr, 1877. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Equide. 
Records Geol. Surv. India, X, pt. 1, pp. 31-32, Feb., 1877. 
Type: Sivalhippus theobaldi Lydekker, from the Siwaliks of Keypar, in the 
Punjab, India. 
Extinct. Based on the left maxilla containing the four anterior teeth of the 
molar series. 
Sivalhippus: Siwalik (Hills), India, the type locality; ¢7o0s, horse. 
Sivalours BraiNvirrLE, 1841. Fer, Ursidee. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, XIII, No. 4, p. 165, July-Dec., 1841. 
Type: Ursus sivalensis Falconer & Cautley, from the Tertiary of the Siwalik Hills, 
India. 
Extinct. 
Sivalours: Siwalik (Hills), India, the type locality; French ours, bear. 
Sivameles FaLconer, 1868. Fere, Ursidee. 
Palzeont. Memoirs, I, 328, 1868. 
Not published as a generic term, but merely suggested as a better name for 
Sivalarctos: **It is strange that M. de Blainville should have adopted this term 
[Sivalarctos] while convinced against its being a Bear. If he thought it nearer 
the Badger, Sivataxus or Sivameles, should such combinations be admissible, 
would have been more appropriate. But we can not assent to his conclusion." 
(FALCONER.) 
Extinct. 
Sivameles: Siva, a Hindu deity; + Meles. 
Sivameryx LvpEkkKzER, 1878. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidz. 
Records Geol. Sury. India, XI, 80, 1878; Palaeontologia Indica (Mem. Geol. 
Sury. India), ser. 10, II, pt. v, 169-170, pl. xxii, fig. 11, Feb., 1883. 
Type: Sivameryx sindiensis Lydekker (1883), from the lower Manchhars of Sind, 
India. 
Extinct. Based on a single upper molar. 
Sivameryx: Siva, a Hindu deity; 4/77pv&, ruminant. 
Sivataxus F4ArcouEgn, 1868. Fer», Ursidz. 
Palzont. Memoirs, I, 328, 1868. 
Not published as a generic term, but merely suggested as a better name for 
Sivalarctos. (See Sivameles Falconer. ) 
Extinct. 
Sivalaxus: Siva, a Hindu deity; J- Taxus. 
