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Brachytherium Awzcniwvo, 1883. Ungulata, Litopterna, Proterotheriidz. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, V, entr. 3, pp. 289-291, 1883; Cont. Conocimiento 
Mamfít. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., Córdoba, VI, 561-565, 
pls. xir figs. 39-41, xxu figs. 7, 8, 20, 23, xxxim figs. 4, 5, 1889. 
Type: Brachytherium cuspidatus Ameghino, from the barrancas del Paraná, Entre 
Rios, Argentina. . 
Extinet. Based on the right ramus of a lower jaw, nearly complete, the last 
premolar and three molars. 
Brachytherium: Bopaxvs, short; 67pzov, wild beast. 
Brachyuromys Fonsyru Mason, 1896. Glires, Muridze, Cricetine. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XVIII, 322-323, Oct. 1, 1896; Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1897, 695-720, pls. xxxvrr, xxxix. 
Type: Brachyuromys ramirohitra Forsyth Major, from the Ampitambé forest, in 
the Betsimisaraka country, on the border of northeastern Betsileo, Mada- 
gascar. 
Brachyuromys: Boaxvs, short; óvpd, tail; “0s, mouse—the tail is shorter than 
usual in the Murid:e. 
Brachyurus G. Friscugn, 1813. Glires, Muridee, Microtine. 
Zoognosia, I, 3d ed., 14, 24, 1813; ibid., III, 55-62, 1814. 
Species, 9: Mus arvalis, M. rutilus, M. amphibius, and M. lemmus Pallas; M. tor- 
quatus, M. alliarius; Brachyurus blumenbachii Fischer; B. fulvus and B. niloticus 
Geoffroy. (See Lemmus Link, 1795.) 
Brachyurus: focos, short; ovpc, tail. 
Brachyurus Spix, 1823. Primates, Cebidz. 
Sim. et Vespert. Brasil. Nov. Spec., 11-13, tab. vrr-virr, 1823. 
Species: Brachyurus israelita Spix, from the Rio Negro; and B. ouakary Spix, from 
the forests of the Ica River, a tributary of the Amazon near the border of Peru— 
both from Amazonas, Brazil. 
Name preoccupied by Brachyurus Fischer, 1813, a genus of Muridee. (See Cacajao 
Lesson, 1840.) 
Brachyurus (subgenus of Pithecia) TRovEssAnT, 1878. Primates, Cebidee. 
Revue et Mag. Zool., Paris, 3* sér., VI, 135, 1878; Cat. Mamm., 28, 1878; new 
ed., fase. 1, 44, 1897. 
Type: Brachyurus calvus I. Geoffroy, from the Amazon River, Brazil. 
Name preoccupied by Brachyurus Spix, which was based on the black-headed 
Uakari, D. ouakary ( —Simia melanocephala Humboldt). Name also preoccu- 
pied by Brachyurus Fischer, 1813, a genus of rodents. Replaced by Cothurus 
Palmer, 1899 (preoccupied); and by Neocothurus Palmer, 1903. 
Bradicebus Cuvier & GEorrnov, 1795. Primates, Lemuride. 
** Mag. Encyclopédique, No. VI," 1795—names only—‘ Cucang, Bradicebus’ (fide 
GERVAIS, Dict. Pittoresque Hist. Nat., IV, pt. 2, p. 617, 1836); Gray, Cat. Mon- 
keys, Lemurs, and Fruit- Eating Bats Brit. Mus.,92, 1870 (synonym of Nycticebus). 
Bradycebus * BLarNVILLE, GRav, |. c., 92, 1870; Fores, in Allen's Naturalist’s 
Library, Handb. Primate., I, 33, 1894 (in synonymy); Stone & REnw, Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1902, 138, 141 (in synonymy). 
Type: The ‘Cucang,’ Turdigradus coucang Boddaert, from Bengal, India. 
Bradicebus: Bpadvs, slow; KH Pos, monkey—in allusion to the animal’s quiet, 
deliberate movements. ; 
Pradylemur BraiNviLLE, 1839. Primates, Lemuridee. 
Ostéog. Mamm. Récents et Foss., I, ‘Lemur,’ 12-13, 1839; Lesson, Spécies Mamm., 
239-243, 1840; Nouv. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm., 10, 1842. 
Type: Lemur tardigradus Blainville (not Linnzeus), from Java and Sumatra. (See 
Bradicebus Cuvier & Geoffroy, 1796.) 
Bradylemur: fópaóvs, slow; + Lemur—in allusion to the animal’s quiet, delib- 
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