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Sylvicola—Continued. 
Type: Mus agrestis Linnzus, from Europe. (Sylvicola Fatio, 1867 = Agricola 
Blasius, 1857.) 
Name preoccupied by Sylvicola Harris, 1782, a genus of Diptera; and by Sylvicola 
Humphrey, 1797, a genus of Mollusca. 
Sylvilagus Gray, 1867. Glires, Leporide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., XX, 221-222, Sept., 1867; ForsyrH Masor, 
Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 2d ser., VII, 433-520, Nov., 1899; Mitter & 
Renn, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XXX, 184, Dec., 1901 (type fixed). 
Species, 9: Lepus nanus Schreber (— L. americanus Desmarest — L. sylvaticus Bach- 
man, type), from eastern North America; L. «rtemisia Bachman (= L. nuttalli 
Bachman), from Walla Walla, Washington; and L. bachmani Waterhouse, 
from the southwest coast of North America. 
Forsyth Major’s Sylvilagus includes Sylvilagus, Limnolagus, Romerolagus, and 
Tapeti. 
Sylvilagus: Lat. sylva, wood; Away às, hare—i. e., ‘a wood-rabbit.’ 
Symborodon Corr, 1878.  . Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Titanotheriid:e. 
Paleont. Bull., No. 15, pp. 2-3, Aug. 20, 1873; Synopsis New. Vert. Colorado, 
11, 1873; Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr., VII for 1873, 480, 1874; 
OsBoRN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XVI, 103-104, fig. 8, 1902. 
Type: Symborodon torvus Cope, from the Oligocene of Colorado (locality fide 
OsBoRN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VIII, 176, 1896). 
Extinct. Based on ‘mandibular rami only.’ 
Symborodon: Gov, together; Gopos, devouring; d6@v = 66o0vs, tooth—probably 
in allusion to the absence of the lower incisors, so that the canines stand 
together though separated by a space. 
Symphalangus GrocEn, 1841. Primates, Simiidee. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxvii, 34, 1841; THomas, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, 192, Feb. 1, 1895; PaArwrm, Science, new ser., X, 
493, Oct. 6, 1899 (name revived). 
Type: Symphalangus syndactylus (= Pithecus syndactylus Desmarest), from Su- 
matra. 
Symphalangus: 6v, together; PadAayé, phalanx—in allusion to the second and 
third toes of the hind foot whicb are united by skin as far as the last joint. 
Syneetheres (see Sinetheres). Glires, Erethizontid:e. 
Synagodus Corr, 1879. Fer», Canidee. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov. 4, 1879, 179, 186. 
Type: Synagodus mansuetus Cope. (A ‘lapdog’ presented to the Academy of 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, by Dr. Paul Goddard. ) 
Synagodus: 6vy y c, to bring together; ó80vc, tooth—in allusion to the absence 
of the second lower tubercular molar, and the absence of the internal tubercle 
of the lower sectorial. 
Synaphodus Powzr, 1848. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidee. 
Archiy. Sci. Phys. & Nat., Bibl. Univ., Genéve, VIII, 325, Aug., 1848; Cat. 
Méth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, 93-94, 1854. 
Type: Synaphodus brachygnathus Pomel (= Anthracotherium ger govianum Croizet), 
from the Oligocene of central France. 
Extinct. Based on a mandible with teeth. 
Synaphodus: Gvvadr, union; ddo0vs, tooth—‘ayant tous ses dents presque en 
série continue.’ 
Synaptodon Dr Vis, 1889. Marsupialia, Macropodid:e. 
Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, V, for 1888, 158-160, pl. vir, 1889. 
Synaptodus LybEKKER, Zool. Record for 1889, XXVI, Mamm., 52, 1890. 
