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Bunomeryx—Continued. 
Species: Bunomeryx montanus Wortman, and B. elegans Wortman (type), from 
the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin, Utah. 
Extinct. : 
Bunomeryx: ovr ós, hill, mound; j/72pv$, ruminant—in allusion to the bunodont 
character of the molars. . 
Bunotherium Corr, 1874. Ungulata ( Bunotheriidz). 
Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 2d ser., VIII, 89, 1874. 
Hypothetical genus. Ancestor of the Ungulates. 
Bunotherium: ffovvós, hill, mound; Gypiov, wild beast. 
Burmeisteria Gray, 1865. Edeniata, Dasypodide. 
Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1865, 381-382; Cat. Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., 388, 1869. 
Type: Chlamyphorus retusus Burmeister, from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 
Burmeisteria: In honor of Dr. Carl Hermann Conrad Burmeister, 1807-1891, the 
eminent zoologist of Argentina, formerly director of the Museo Nacional, 
Buenos Aires; author of ‘Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens, , 
1854-56; ‘Description Physique de la République Argentine,’ 1879, etc. 
Burramys Broom, 1895. Marsupialia, Phalangeridee. 
Zool. Anzeiger, X VIII, No. 484, p. 371, Sept. 16, 1895; XIX, p. 47, Jan. 30, 1896; 
Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 2d ser., X, pt. rv, for 1895, 563-567, pls. xxv, 
xLv, Apr. 29, 1896. 
Type: Burramys parvus Broom, from the Pleistocene (?) near Taralga, New South 
Wales. 
Extinct. Based on portions of jaws. 
Burramys: Burra(burra), the aboriginal name of the type locality in New South 
Wales; “Us, mouse. 
Burtinopsis Van BENEDEN, 1872. Cete, Baleenide. 
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, 2° sér., X X XIV, 19-20, 1872. 
Type: Durtinopsis similis Van Beneden, from the vicinity of Antwerp, Belgium. 
Extinct. ‘‘Nous en possédons à Bruxelles et à Louvain des colonnes verté- 
brales assez compleétes.”’ 
Burtinopsis: From burtinii, the specific name of Cetotherium burtinii; Ovs, appear- 
ance. In honor of Francois Xavier de Burtin, 1743-1818, a Dutch naturalist 
and physician; author of ‘Oryctographie de Bruxelles,’ 1784. *'Nous pro- 
posons ce nom pour un cétacé que l'on pourrait confondre avec le Cetotherium 
burtinii, si l'on n'en possédant que des os séparés." (Van BENEDEN, l. c., p. 19.) 
Buselaphus FniscH, 1775. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, Tab. Gen., 1775. 
Type: ‘Der Bubal.’ 
Buselaphus: Bots, ox; ElLa@os, deer. 
Buselaphus ReIcHENBACH (see Boselaphus). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Butragus (Biyru MS.) Gray, 1872. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Gray, Cat. Ruminant Mamm. Brit. Mus., 43, 1872 (synonym of Gorgon fasciatus) ; 
ScLATER & THomas, Book of Antelopes, pt. 1, 93, 96, Jan. 1895 (synonym 
of Connochetes taurinus). 
Type: Butragus corniculatus Blyth MS. (Antilope taurina Burchell—Sclater & 
Thomas), from South Africa. 
Butragus: Bobrpay os, ox goat, a fabulous animal of the ancients. 
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Caballus RaArixEsqUE, 1815. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Equidee. 
Analyse de la Nature, 55, 1815. 
New name for Equus Linneus, 1758. (See footnote under Aper, p. 111.) 
Caballus: Lat., horse. 
