Cynomys (sinomis)

[NL. (Rafinesque, 1817), the outer ears are rudimentary; the cheek-pouches are small; the skull is ma ive, short, and broad, with wide zygomatic arches and large postorbital proce es; and the dentition is very strong and heavy. The genus contains the well-known prairie-dogs or barking squirrels of western North America, which live in extensive underground bur dog. rows, in colonies often of immense extent, in the sterile regions of the West. There are two species, C. ludovi cianus, the common prairie-dog, whose range in general is from the plains to the Rocky Mountains, and C. columbi anus, extending thence westward See cut under prairie Cynonycteris (sī-nō-nik'te-ris), n. [NL., Gr. κύων ( κυν- ), a dog, + νυκτερίς, a bat: see Nycteris.] A genus of fruit-bats, of the family Pteropo did a, differing from Pteropus in having a tail, though a short one, and the fur of the neck not woolly. There are about 8 species, extending from the Malay peninsula into Africa. C. ægyptiaca haunts the chambers of the pyramids, and is probably the species often represented in Egyptian paintings and sculptures. C. collar is is the collared fruit-bat of Africa.