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Brachyodon-— Continued. 
Type: Brachyodon eocenus Lartet, from the Eocene of Issel, Dépt. de l'Aude, 
France. 
Extinct. Based on a skull. 
Brachyodon: Bpaxts, short; dd@v = 0800s, tooth—''en raison du peu de hau- 
teur de la couronne de ses molaires."  (LamrET.) 
Brachyodus DrrÉnET, 1895. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriide. 
Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss., Wien, CIV, Heft 3-4, Iste Abth., 
397-408, taf. 1, 1r, fig. 1, 1895; Zool. Anzeiger, No. 488, p. 389, Nov. 11, 1895. 
Type: Anthracotherium onoideum Gervais, from the Miocene of Neuville ( Dépt. 
Loiret), France. 
Name preoccupied by Brachyodon Lartet, 1868, a genus of extinct Ungulates from 
France. 
Extinet. Based on part of a lower jaw. 
Brachyodus: fBpaxyos, short; 0800s, tooth—'*wegen des brachyodonten Baues 
der Backenzáhne."  (DrrÉnET.) 
Brachyotus (subg. of Vespertilio) KorENaATI, 1856. Chiroptera, Vespertilionidee. 
Allgem. Deutsch. Naturh. Zeitg., Dresden, neue Folge, II, 131, 174-177, 1856. 
Species, 3: Vespertilio mystacinus Kuhl, V. deubentonii Kuhl, and V. dasycneme 
Boie, from Europe. 
Name preoccupied by Brachyotus Gould, 1837, a genus of birds. 
Brachyotus: flpaxyós, short; ovs, Ords, ear. 
Brachyphylla Gray, 1834. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1833, No. XI, 122-123, Mar. 12, 1834; Mag. Zool. & 
Bot., II, 489, 1838. 
Type: Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray, from St. Vincent, West Indies. 
Brachyphylla: Bpaxvs, short; PvAAor, leaf—from the short, broad, nose-leaf. 
Brachypsalis Corr, 1890. Fer», Mustelidee. 
Am. Naturalist, X XIV, 951-952, Oct., 1890. 
Type: Brachypsalis pachycephalus Cope, from the Miocene (Loup Fork) of Ne- 
braska. 
Extinct. *'Founded on a left mandibular ramus which lacks the portions ante- 
rior to the canine and posterior to the coronoid. The sectorial is the only 
tooth preserved." 
Brachypsalis: Boaxvts, short; wadis, shears, also an arch. 
Brachysorex (subgenus of Sorex) DuvERNoy, 1842. Insectivora, Soricidee. 
Mag. de Zool., 2d ser., IV, Mamm., C, 37-41, pl. 52, 1842. 
Type: Sorex (Brachysorex) brevicaudatus Duvernoy, from New Harmony, Posey 
County, Indiana. 
Braehysorex: Bpayvs, short; --Sorer—in allusion to the short tail, whence the 
common name ‘short-tailed shrew.’ 
Brachytarsomys GüNTHER, 1875. Glires, Muridee, Cricetinze. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, 79-80, pl. xv1, figs. 3 a, b, in text. 
Type: Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther, collected between Tamatave and 
Murundava, Madagascar. 
Brachytarsomys: fipeyvs, short; Tapoos, tarsus; 4ÜÉs, mouse—from the foot, 
which is shorter than the lower leg. 
Brachyteles Spix, 1823. Primates, Cebidee. 
Sim. et Vespert. Brasil. Nov. Spec., 36-38, tab. xxvir, 1823. 
Type: Brachyteles macrotarsus Spix, from the eastern coast of Brazil (provinces 
of Sao Paulo to Bahia). 
Brachyteles: Boayvs, short; r£Aos, end, extremity—in allusion to the thumb, 
which is short or absent. i 
