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Synaptodon—Continued. 
Type: Synaptodon xvorum De Vis, from the Pleistocene of Darling Downs, 
Queensland, Australia. 
Extinct. 
Synaptodon: Cvvanros, joined together; 08r = 09 ovs, tooth. 
Synaptomys (subgenus of Myodes) Barrp, 1857. Glires, Murid:e, Microtin:e. 
Mamm. N. Am., pp. xliv, 558, 1857; Cours, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, 
192 (raised to generic rank); MirLER, N. Am. Fauna, No. 12, pp. 32-35, pls. 1 
figs. 12, 13, 111 fig. 1, text fig. 8, July 23, 1896; Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 
X, 55-64, Mar. 19, 1896. 
Type: Synaptomys cooperi, Baird (locality unknown— probably New Jersey). 
Synaptomys: Gvrazrós, joined together; j/&s, mouse—i. e., a connecting link 
between the lemmings and the fie!d-mice. 
Synarchus (see Syarctus). Fer:w, Mustelidee. 
Synceros (subgenus of Bubalus Gray, 1872. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Cat. Ruminant Mamm. Brit. Mus., 12, 1872. 
Type: Bos caffer Sparrman, from the Zitzikanima forest, South Africa. 
This is not the Syncerus of Hodgson, 1847, based on Bos brachycerus and B. bor- 
nouensis, as in this Catalogue Gray places B. brachycerus in the subgenus Plani- 
ceros. 
Synceros: 66v, together; Képas, horn—in allusion to the horns, which are close 
together at the base. 
Syncerus Hopcson, 1847. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, X VI, pt. 11, new ser., No. 7, p. 709, July-Dec., 1847. 
Species: Bos brachyceros Gray, from Africa; and B. bornouensis, from ————? 
Synconodon Osnorn, 1898. Ungulata, Amblypoda ? ? 
Bull Am: Mus-Nat. dist: NeW, XS cd het deJunet9s31898. 
Type: Synconodon sexicuspis Osborn, from the Cretaceous ( Laramie) of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on ‘isolated upper and lower molars.’ 
Synconodon: ovr, together; K@vos, cone; óc = d60vs, tooth—in allusion to 
the crowns of the molars, which are laterally compressed, thus bringing the 
primary cones very close together. 
Syncryptus IrutiGER, 1815. Edentata, Y 
Abhandl. K. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, for 1804-11, 138-139, 1815. 
Nomen nudum. The name is quoted, without reference or authority, as follows: 
““Sud-Amerika ernührt mit seinen unzühligen Haufen von Termiten und 
Ameisen an 16 zahlreiche Arten von Siiugethieren aus den Gattungen Myrme- 
cophaga, Dasypus und Syneryptus." | (ILLIGER.) 
Syneryptus: 6vv,-together; Kpumros, hidden, concealed. 
Syndactylus Borrarp, 1842. Primates, Simiidee. 
Jardin des Plantes, 55, 1842; Gervais, Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat., VI, 214, 1843; 
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DanunBow, Zoologiska Studier, I, Andra Hiiftet, 70-72, 1857. 
Type: Syndactylus siamang Boitard (=Pithecus syndactylus Desmarest), from 
Sumatra. 
Name antedated by Symphalangus Gloger, 1841. 
Syndactylus: 6vv, together; ó&rvAos, finger—in allusion to the second and 
third toes of the hind foot, which are united by skin as far as the last joint. 
Syndesmotis (subgenus of Phyllorhina) Perers, 1871. Chiroptera, Rhinolophidee. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, June, 1871, 329-330. 
Syndesmotus C. O. WATERHOUSE, Index Zool., 362, 1902. 
Type: Phyllorhina megalotis Heuglin, from Bogos Land, northeast Africa. 
Syndesmotis: 66v8tGjtos, bond, fastening; ove, rds, ear—in allusion to the dis- 
tinct band uniting the inner sides of the ears posteriorly. 
