STENEOTHERIUM—STENODON. 645 
Steneotherium—Continued. 
Type (species not stated) from the quarries of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, Auvergne, 
France. 
Extinct. Based on a skull. 
Steneotherium: Otevos, narrow; 0ptov, wild beast. 
Steno Gray, 1846. Cete, Delphinide. 
Zool. Vol. H. M. S. ‘Erebus & Terror,’ I, Mamm., 30, 43-44, tab. 26 fig. 1, 27, 28, 
1846; Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 232-239, 1866; W. L. ScrLATER, Mamm. 
S. Africa, II, 212-213, 1901 (type fixed). 
Species, 5: Delphinus rostratus Cuvier (type), D. malayanus Lesson, and D. frontatus 
Cuvier, from the Indian Ocean; D. compressus Gray, locality unknown; and 
JD. attenuatus Gray, from India. 
Steno: In honor of Dr. Nikolaus Steno, 1638-1687, a celebrated Danish anatomist 
and geologist; author of ‘De Solido intro Solidum naturaliter Contento,’ 1669. 
Stenobalena Gray, 1874. Cete, Baleenidee. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XIV, 304-305, 1 fig. in text, Oct., 1874. 
Type: Stenobalena xanthogaster Gray, from Port Underwood, South Island, New 
Zealand. 
Stenobalena: Grevósc, narrow; + Balana—àin allusion to the general form, which is 
‘slender in proportion to the height.’ 
Stenocephalus Mercerat, 1891. Edentata, Megalonychid:e (Orthotheridee ). 
Revista Mus. La Plata, II, 10-12, 1891. 
Ttenocephalus MERCERAT, Revista Mus. La Plata, II, 12, 1891 (misprint). 
Species, 3: Stenocephalus australis Mercerat, S. cognatus Mercerat, and s. hybridus 
Mercerat, all from the barrancas of the Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia. 
Name preoccupied by Stenocephalus Latreille, 1825, a genus of Hemiptera. 
Extinet. 
Stenocephalus: 6revós, narrow; «eoaAÀ», head. 
Stenocranius (subg. of Microtus) KasrscHENKO, 1901. — Glires, Muridee, Microtine. 
Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci., St.-Pétersbourg, VI, Nos. 2-3, pp. 167-198, 
fip: 1,319017 
Steneocranius LYDEKKER, Zool. Record for 1901, XXXVIII, Mamm., 32, 1902. 
Species, 5: Arvicola arvalis var. slowzowi Poliakoff, A. raddei Poliakoff, Microtus 
tianschanicus Büchner, Arvicola eversmanni Poliakoff, and Mus gregalis Pallas, 
from Siberia. 
Name preoccupied by Stenocranus Fieber, 1866, a genus of Hemiptera. 
Stenocranius: 6revóc, narrow; Kpevior, skull. 
Stenodelphis (subgenus of Delphinus) GERVAIS, 1847. Cete, Platanistidee. 
GERvAIS, in D'Orbigny's Voy. dans l'Amérique Mérid., IV, 2* part., Mamm., 
31-32, ‘‘pl. xxr," 1847; Hist. Nat. Mamm., II, 322, 1855 (raised to generic 
rank). 
Type: Delphinus blainvillei Gervais, from the mouth of the Rio de La Plata, near 
Montevideo, Uruguay. 
Stenodelphis: 6revós, narrow; deA Pits, dolphin. 
Stenoderma Grorrroy, 1813. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidee. 
Desc. Egypte, II, 114, 1813; Oxen, Lehrbuch Naturgesch., 3ter Theil, Zool., 
2te Abth., 933, 1816. 
Type: Stenoderma rufum Geottroy, locality unknown. 
Stenoderma: 6tev0s, narrow; déoa, skin—in allusion to the narrow, concave 
interfemoral membrane. 
Stenodon Van BENEDEN, 1865. Cete, Baleenidie? 
Recherches Ossem. Crag d' Anvers, in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. de Belgique, XX XV, 
75-79, pl. rv, 2 figs. in text, 1865. 
