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Tachyoryctes RbrPELL, 1835. Glires, Spalacidee. 
Neue Wirbelth. Fauna Abyssinien, Sáugeth., 35 footnote, 36-37, Taf. 12, 1835 
(provisional name); WaAcGNER, Archiv N GRE h., 1843, pt. 11, 49. 
Tachyorictes Trovessart, Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Rodentia fasc. 11, 158, 1881. 
Type: Bathyergus splendens Ruppell; from Abyssinia, northeastern Africa. 
Tachyoryctes: rays, swift; doUKTNs. digger—in allusion to the animals’ fossorial 
habits. 
Tachytypotherium Rorn, 1903. Ungulata, Typotheria, Typotheriid:e. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, XI, 156, 1903 (sep. p. 26). 
New name for Hutypotherium Roth, 1901, which is preoccupied by HLutypotherium 
Haeckel, 1895, a hypothetical genus of Typotheria. 
Trachytypotherium: tayvs, swift; + Typotherium. 
Tadarida BLAINVILLE, 1837. Chiroptera, Noctilionidee. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, V, No. 24, p. 821, July-Dec., 1837; Ann. Sci. Nat., 
Paris, 2° sér TT , IX, 362, June, 1838; Gray, el & Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d 
ser., XVII, No. 98, p. 93, Feb., 1866. 
Tadarina Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. xix, 1843. 
Type: ‘‘Tadarida txniotis ou Dinops cestoni? Savi, from Pisa, Italy. 
See Tadaris Rafinesque, 1815. 
Tadaris RaArrNEsqvE, 1815. Chiroptera, Noctilionidee ? 
Analyse de la Nature, 54, 1815. 
Nomen nudum. 
Tzeniodus (see Toeniodus). Glires, Theridomyidee. 
Teniogale Gray, 1864. Fer, Viverride. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 569-570; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., 167-168, 1869; THomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1882, 
63, (in synonymy ). 
Type: Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, from India. 
Teniogale: raivía, band; y «A5, weasel—probably from the black band extend- 
ing down each side of the neck, from ear to shoulder. 

Teniolabis Corr, 1882. Allotheria, Plagiaulacid:e. 
Am. Naturalist, XVI, for July, 604, June, 1882; Tert. Vert., 193-194, pl. xxririd 
fig. 7, 1885 (date of publication). 
Type: Teeniolabis sulcatus Cope (changed to T. scalper in 1885), from the Puerco 
Eocene of New Mexico. 
Extinct. Based on ‘a tooth whose position is on the are of the alveolar line 
which connects the molar and middle incisor regions.’ 
Teniolabis: raivía, band; Aafis, handle, forceps—in allusion to the tooth, pre- 
sumably an incisor, which has a wide band of enamel on its external face. 
Taguanus Rarinesque, 1815. Marsupialia, Phalangerid:e. 
Analyse de la Nature, 55, 1815. 
Type: ‘‘ Taguanus R. q. pren."—i. e., Taguanus à queue préhensile. 
Taguanus: taguan, a name applied toa flying squirrel in the Philippines. (Burrow, 
Hist. Nat. Suppl., III, 151, 1776). 
Tajassus (see Tayassu). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidee. 
Talpa Linnaus, 1758. Insectivora, Talpid:e. 
Systema Natur:e, 10th ed., I, 52-53, 1758; 12th ed., I, 73, 1766; Brisson, Regnum 
Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 13, 203-207, 1762. 
Species: 7alpa europxa Linnzeus (type), from Bot and T. asiatica Linnzeus, 
from Siberia. 
Talpa: Lat., mole. 
