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Amphimoschus (FArcoxER MS.) Gray, 1852. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Tragulid:e. 
Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pt. rrr, Ungulata, 247, 248, 1852—nomen nudum. 
** Dr. Hugh Falconer (Proc. Zool. [Geol.] Soc., 1843) gave some account of the 
osteology of the foot of this animal [ Hyemoschus aquaticus from West Africa]; 
and in his MSS. he informs me he has proposed to call the genus Amphimoschus.”’ 
(GRAY. ) 
Amphimoschus: &uqi, around on both sides; + Moschus. 
Amphimoschus BourGegois, 1878. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
[Gervats, Zool. et Pal. Gén., I, 157, 1867-69, nomen nudum. } 
Journ. Zool., Paris, II, 235-236, pl. x, 1873. 
Type: Amphimoschus ponteleviensis Bourgeois, from the Middle Miocene of Thenay, 
near Pont-Levoy, Loir-et-Cher, France. 
Not Amphimoschus Falconer MS., 1852, a genus of Tragulid:e. 
Extinct. Based on lower jaws, a portion of a humerus, and other bones. 
Amphimoschus: &u@i, on both sides (in the sense of double); Moschus—in allusion 
to the last lower molar, ** qui présente un double croissant à son talon ou lobe 
postérieur." 
Amphinasua Moreno & Mercerat, 1891. Ferve, Procyonid:e. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, I, 235-236, 1890-91. 
Type: Amphinasua brevirostris Moreno & Mercerat, from Tertiary deposits in the 
vicinity of Andalguala, Catamarca, Argentina. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘un cráneo en buen estado de conservación." 
Amphinasua: Gui, around, on both sides; -- Nasua. 
Amphiperatherium Firnor, 1879. Marsupialia, Didelphyid:e. 
kenn Ser Geol. Paris, X, No.3, 1879," pp. (fide E. B. Tawney, Geol. 
Record for 1879, 299, 1887). 
Type: Amphiperatherium lemanense Filhol, from St. Gérand le Puy, Auvergne, 

France. 
Extinct. 
Amphiperatherium: ai, around, on both sides; -- Peratheriwm. 
Amphiproviverra AmEGHINO, 1891. Marsupialia, Borhyzenidee. 
Revista Argentina Hist. Nat., I, entr. 6a, 397 footnote, Dec. 1, 1891. 
New name for Protoproviverra Ameghino, 1891, which is preoccupied by Proto- 
proviverra Lemoine, 1891, a genus of Creodonta from the lower Eocene of 
Reims, France. 
Extinct. 
Amphiproviverra: cyt@i, around, on both sides; -- Proviverra. 
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Amphiptera GriGLiori, 1870. Cete, Baleenidee. 
Note intorno alla Dist. Fauna Vert. Oceano, Firenze, 75-76, 1870; Cetacei osserv. 
Viaggio ‘Magenta,’ 60, 1874. 
Type: Amphiptera pacifica Giglioli, from the South Pacific, off the coast of Chile 
(S. lat. 28° 34’, lon. 88? 107). 
Amphiptera: G@u@i, on both sides; zreoóv, wing, fin. 
Amphisciurus (Brayarp MS.) LypreKKer, 1885. Glires, Sciuridee. 
LypDEKKER, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus., pt.r, 210, footnote (under Sciurus 
feignouxi Pomel), 1885. 
Type: Amphisciurus typus Bravard. A manuscript name given to specimens in 
the British Museum, consisting of ‘‘a fragment of the right ramus of the 
mandible containing p. m. 4 and m. 1 [with other pieces] from the Lower Mio- 
cene of Allier, France. . . . This [No. 31086] and the other specimens from 
the Bravard Collection are entered in the Museum Register as Amphisciurus 
typus Bravard MS."  (LvDpEKKER.) 
Extinct. 
Amphisciurus: &udi, around, on both sides; + Sciurus. 
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