138 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Blarinomys THomas, 1896. : Glires, Murid:ze, Cricetinze. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XVIII, 310-311, Oct. 1, 1896. 
Type: Oxymycterus breviceps Winge, from the bone cave of Capao Secco, Lagoa 
Santa, Brazil. 
Blarinomys: Blarina; us, mouse—in allusion to its supposed mole-like habits. 
Blastocerus (subg. of Cervus) WAGNER, 1844. — Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Suppl. Schreber's Süugthiere, IV, 366-373, Tab. cci", coxuvui', 1844; Gray, 
Proce. Zool. Soc. London, 1850, 237 (raised to generic rank). 
Species, 3: Cervus paludosus Desmarest, from Paraguay; C. campestris F. Cuvier, 
from Paraguay; and (?) C. macrotis Say, from New Mexico. 
Blastocerus: PAa6tOs, bud; Képas, horn—from the form of the horns, which are 
described as erect, three-branched, and without any basal snag (Gray )—thus 
resembling a bud. 
Blastoconus Rorn, 1903. Ungulata, Astrapotheroidea ( Albertogaudryide ). 
Revista Mus. La Plata, X1, 187-138, 1903. 
Type: DBlastoconus robertsoni Roth, from the upper ‘Cretaceous’ of Lago Musters, 
Territory of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Extinct. Based on a molariform tooth. 
Blastoconus: BAa6rOs, bud; K®vos, cone. 
Blastomeryx Corr, 1877. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Rept. U. S. Geog. Surv. West 100th Meridian, Palzeont., IV, pt. 1r, 350, 360, pl. 
Xxx, fig. 13,1877; Proc. Am. Phil! Soc; XVII, 222, 1878. 
Type: Dicrocerus gemmifer Cope, from the Miocene (Loup Fork beds) of north- 
eastern Colorado. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘a portion of the right mandible supporting the posterior 
molar.’’ 
Blastomerya: ffAeorós, bud; upv&, ruminant—probably from ‘‘the accessory 
tubercles, or rudimental columns, between the inner lobes of the inferior 
true molars characteristic of the Cervi." Cope considered Blastomeryx as the 
ancestor of Cervus or Cariacus. (Proc. Am. Philos. Soe., l. c.) 
Bolodon Owen, 1871. Allotheria, Bolodontidee. 
Mesozoic Mamm., in Mon. Pal:ontograph. Soc., XXIV, No. 5, pp. 54-57, pl. m1 
fies. 5-6, 1871. 
Type: Dolodon crassidens Owen, from the Purbeck of Durdlestone Bay, Swanage, 
Dorsetshire, England. 
Extinct. Based on portions of upper jaws. 
Bolodon: fios, lump; 0d6@v=ddo0vs, tooth—‘lump-tooth,’ in allusion to the 
crowns of the upper molars. 
Bonasus (subgenus of Bos) WAcNEn, 1844. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidze. 
Suppl. Schreber’s Siugthiere, IV, 515-516, pls. ccxcv, ccxcy" figs. 3, 4, ccxcy?, 
ccoxcvi, 1844. 
Species: Dos bison Linneeus, from Europe; and B. americanus Gmelin, from North 
America. 
Name preoccupied by Bonasa Stephens, 1819, a genus of Aves. 
Bonasus: fBóvaGoc, wild ox. 
Bondar (subgenus of Puradoxurus) Gray, 1864. Fere, Viverride. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 531; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate Mamm. 
jrit. Mus., 63-64, 1869. 
Type: Jchneumon bondar Buchanan MS. (= Viverra bondar Blainville) , from Nepal, 
India. 
Bondar: Bhondar, native name of the Indian palm-civet in Bengal. (DrANFORD, 
Mamm. Brit. India, 106, 1888.) 
