146 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Brontops Mansu, 1887. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Titanotheriide. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XXXIV, 326-328, figs. 5-8, Oct., 1887. 
Species: Brontops robustus Marsh (type), from the Brontotherium beds of the 
Oligocene, near White River, northern Nebraska; and B. dispar Marsh, from 
the Brontotherium beds of South Dakota. 
Extinct. : 
Brontops: Bronto(therium) ; ow aspect. 
Brontotherium Marsn, 1873. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Titanotheriidee. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., V, 486-487, June, 1873. 
Type: Brontotherium gigas Marsh, from the Oligocene of Colorado. 
Extinct. ‘‘Based on portions of three individuals, one of which has the lower 
jaws and entire molar series complete." 
Brontotherium: fpovr?», thunder; 0no£or, wild beast. 
Bruynia Dvunois, 1882. Monotremata, Tachyglossidze. 
Bull. Soc. Zool. France, VI, for 1881, No. 6, pp. 267-270, pls. 1x-x, 1882. 
Bruijnia Tuomas, Zool. Record for 1882, XIX, Mamm., 40, 1883. 
New name for Acanthoglossus Gervais, 1877, which is preoceupied by Acantho- 
glossa Kraatz, 1859, a genus of Coleoptera. Type: Bruynia tridactyla Dubois 
( — Tachyglossus bruijnii Peters & Doria), from the Arfak Mountains, northern 
New Guinea. 
Name antedated by Zaglossus Gill, May 5, 1877. 
Bruynia: In honor of A. A. Bruijn, of Ternate, the discoverer of the type 
species, who collected in the Malay Archipelago, especially in Celebes and 
New Guinea. 
Brymomys (see Drymomys). Glires, Muridze, Murinee. 
Bubalis Friscnu, 1775. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 2, 1775; Licnrensrern, Mag. 
Gesellsch. Naturforsch. Freunde, Berlin, VI, 152, 153-165, 1814 ( Bubalides). 
RarixEsqUE, Analyse dela Nature, 56, 1815; ScrATER & THomas, Book of Ante- 
lopes, I, pt. 1, 5-6, pls. 1-v, Aug., 1894. 
Bubalus Oa1LBv, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvirr, 139, June 27, 1837 
(raised to generic rank ). 
Type: Bubalis buselaphus (— Antilope bubalis Pallas, 1767 =A. buselaphus Pallas, 
1766), from North Africa. 
Bubalis: ffov feÀ:s, an African antelope. 
Bubalus Friscu, 1775. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Das Natur-System vierftiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, Tab. Gen., 1775; H. SwrrH, Grif- 
fith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingdom, V, 371-373, 1827; Gray, List Spec. Mamm. 
Brit. Mus., pp. xxvi, 152-153, 1843, London Encyclopzedia, XXII (art. Zool- 
ogy), 752, 1845; W. L. SctATER, Mamm. 8. Africa, I, 253, 1900 (in synonymy, 
type fixed). 
Type: ‘Der Büffel. Smith's subgenus includes 4 species: Bos caffer (type) and 
D. pegasus ? from Africa, B. «rnee and B. bubalus from India. 
See Bubalis Frisch, 1775, a genus of antelopes. 
Bubalus: Lat., wild ox; **earlier and more properly an African antelope (= /ot- 
faXos, buffalo)." (Century Diet.) 
Bucapra hürrwEYER, 1877. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
* Abhandl. Schweitz. Paleeont. Gesell., IV, Taf. 11, 1877; V, No. 1, pp. 105-112, 
Taf. 1r, figs. 6-9, 1878;’’ ArsroN, Zool. Record for 1877, XIV, Mamm., 6, 1879; 
Ibid., for 1878, XV, Mamm., 19, 1880. 
Type: Bucapra daviesi Rütimeyer, from the Tertiary of the Siwalik Hills, India. 
Extinct. 
Bucapra: Lat. prefix bu-, great (= Greek ov-, probably from 096, ox); -|- Capra. 
