102 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Uroderma Perrrrs, 1865. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatide. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1865, 587-588 footnote. 
Type: Phyllostoma personatum Peters (not Wagner) = Uroderma bilobatum Peters, 
from Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Uroderma: oop«, tail; 6éosa, skin. 
Uroleptes WacrEn, 1830. Edentata, Myrmecophagide. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 36, 1830; PArMEn, Prec. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, 73, 1899. 
Uropeltes Auston, Biologia Cent. Am., Mamm., 191, 1879-1882 (misprint). 
Type: Myrmecophaga tetradactyla Linnzeus, from Brazil. (See Tamanduas F. 
Cuvier, 1829. ) 
Uroleptes: obpa, tail; Anarns, one who takes, or grasps (from Aaufave, to 
grasp )—in allusion to the prehensile tail. 
Urolynchus (subgenus of Lynchus) SEvERTZOW, 1858. Fere, Felide. 
Revue et Mag. de Zool., Paris, 2° sér., X, 389, 390, Sept., 1858. 
Type: Lynchus caracal (= Felis caracal Schreber), from southern Asia and Africa. 
Name antedated by Caracal Gray, 1843. 
Urolynchus: obpa, tail; Avyé, Avy «os, lynx—‘tailed lynx’—in allusion to the 
moderately long tail, which reaches down to the heels. 
Uromys Perers, 1867. Glires, Murid:e, Murine. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1867, 343-344; Gray, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XII, 418-419, Nov., 1873. 
Type: Mus macropus Gray, from Cape York, Queensland, Australia. 
Uromys: ovp, tail; “0s, mouse—from the naked, scaly tail. 
Uronycteris (subgenus of Cynopterus) GRAY, 1862. Chiroptera, Pteropodid:e. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1862, 262. 
Type: Cynopterus (Uronycteris) albiventer Gray, from Morty Island, Malay Archi- 
pelago. 
Uronycteris: ovpa, tail; vv«rtpis, bat—from ‘the extraordinary length of its tail.’ 
Uropeltes (see Uroleptes). Edentata, Myrmecophagid:e. 
Uropsiius MirNE-EpwaARps, 1871. Insectivora, Talpidee. 
Bull. Nouv. Archiv. Mus., VII, 92, 1871; Recherches Mamm., I, 272-277, II, 
pls. 40 fig. 1, 40a fig. 1, 1868-74. 
Type: Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Ed wards, from the Province of Moupin, Tibet. 
Uropsilus: obpa, tail; wzAds, bare—in allusion to the naked tail, in contrast 
with the hairy tail of Urotrichus. 
Urotragus Gray, 1871. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 371-372, Nov., 1871; Cat. Ruminant Mamm. Brit. 
Mus., 21, 1872. 
Type: Antilope caudata Milne-Edwards, from northern China. 
Urotragus: oda, tail; rp&y oc, goat—irom ‘‘its long tail with a tuft of long hair 
at the end." (Gmav.) 
Urotrichus TEwMINCK, 1838-39. Insectivora, Talpide. 
Van der Hoeven's Tijdschr. Nat. Geschied. Physiol., V, 285-286, 1838-39; Mag. 
de Zool., Mamm., pl. nv, 1842; Fauna Japonica, Mamm., I, 20-22, pl. rv figs. 
6-11, 1844. 
Type: Urotrichus talpoides Temminck, from Japan. 
Urotrichus: odpa, tail; 6018, rpiyoc, hair—from the hairy tail. 
Ursarctos HEgvpzE, 1898. Fer», Urside. 
Mém. Hist. Nat. Empire Chinois, IV, pt. 1, pp. 18, 20, 23, 1898. 
Type: Ursus arctos yesoensis Ly dekker, from the island of Yezo, Japan. ‘‘ Pour M. 
R. Lydekker l’ U. arctos linnéen est un type générique, puisqu'il donne deux 
éópithétes; autant dire Ursarctos yesoensis; la nomenclature trivocale ne saurait 
s'opposer aux faits . . . Le genre Ursarctos, parmi les Ursidés est parfaite-, 
ment défini par la nature et la couleur de son pelage." (HEUDE. ) 
Ursarctos: Ursus-- Arctos. 
