TAPIRULUS—TARDIGRADUS. 663 
Tapirulus Gervais, 1850. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anoplotheriide. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, X X X, No. 19, p. 604, Jan.—June, 1850; EARLE, Am. Natu- 
ralist, X X X, 306-308, Apr., 1896. 
Type: Tupirulus hyracinus Gervais, from the Eocene near Apt, Vaucluse, France. 
Extinct. 
Tapirulus: Dim. of Tapirus. 
Tapirus Brisson, 1762. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Tapiride. 
Regnum Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 12, 81-82, 1762; Britnnicn, 
Zoologie Fundamenta, 32, 44-45, 1772 (no species mentioned); Scopo.t, 
Introd. Hist. Nat., 492, 1777; G. Cuvier, Tabl. Elém. Hist. Nat., 152-153, 1798; 
Merriam, Science, new ser., I, No. 14, p. 376, Apr. 5, 1895 (type fixed). 
Tapir BuvwENBAcH, Handb. Naturgesch., I, 129, 1779; ZIMMERMANN, Geog. 
Geschichte Menschen und vierfüss. Thiere, II, 154, 1780; GwEuiN, Linn. 
Systema Nature, 13th ed., I, 216, 1788. 
Tapyra Liars, Climats, Géol., Faune et Géog. Botanique du Brésil, 397, 1872. 
Type: Tupirus tapirus Brisson (= Hippopotamus terrestris Linnzeus), from Brazil. 
Tapirus: Brazilian (Tupi), tapyra, tapir. ‘‘ Probably from tapy, thick, in refer- 
ence to the thickness of the hide."  (Lrars.) 
Tapoa Lesson, 1842. Marsupialia, Dasyurid:e. 
[Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, 19—subgenus, nomen nudum. ] 
Lesson, Nouv. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm., 190, 1842. 
Type: Tapoa tafa Lesson ( — Didelphis penicillata Shaw), from New South Wales. 
Tapoa: Tapoa [tafa], native name of this animal published by White, in 1790 
(Journ. Voy. New South Wales, p. 281), and later adopted by Lesson as a 
generic name. 
Tapyra Liais, 1872. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Tapirid:e. 
Climats, Géol., Faune et Géog. Botanique du Brésil, 397, 1872. 
Modification of Tapirus. ‘‘... Il serait plus exact et plus conforme à l'origine 
du nom d'appeler l'espéce dont nous parlons en ce moment Tapyra americana, 
plutót que Tapyrus americanus, et comme il y a une seconde espéce en 
Amérique, il serait mieux encore de l'appeler Tapyra sabatyra. Ce tapir a des 
plis transversaux sur la trompe." (Lrars.) 
Tarandus BiurBERG, 1828. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervid:e. 
Syn. Faunae Seandinaviae, I, Mamm., Conspectus A, D, 22-23, 1828; Kavr, 
Entw.-Gesch. & Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, I, 181, 182, 1829; OarrBv, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvrr, 134, June 27, 1827; GrocER, Hand- 
u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxxiii, 144, 1841. 
Type: Tarandus lapponum Billberg (= Cervus tarandus Linn:xus), from Lapland. 
(See Rangifer Frisch, 1775.) 
Tarandus: r&pcvóos, a horned animal of the North, perhaps the reindeer. 
Tardigradus Brisson, 1762. «dentata, Bradypodid:e. 
Regnum Animale in Classes IX distrib., 2d ed., 12, 21-23, 1762; Merriam, 
Science, new ser., I, No. 14, p. 375, Apr. 5, 1895 (‘‘Tardigradus Brisson— 
Bradypus Linnous" ). 
Species: Tardigradus tardigradus, from Guiana and Brazil; and 7. ceylonicus, from 
Ceylon. 
Tardigradus: Lat., slow-going, slow-paced. 3 
Tardigradus Bopparrt, 1784. Primates, Lemurid:e. 
Elenchus Animalium, I, 43, 67, 1784; Srone & Renn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., June 4, 1902, 137-138, 141 (type fixed). 
Species: Tardigradus loris Boddaert (= Lemur tardigradus Linn:us, type), from 
Ceylon; and T. eoucang Boddaert, from Bengal, India. 
Name preoccupied by Tardigradus Brisson, 1762, a genus of Bradypodidee. (See 
Loris E. Geoffroy, 1796.) 
