LONCHOCONUS—LOPHIOCHERUS. 981 
Lonchoconus AwEaGHrNo, 1901. Ungulata, Condylarthra, Phenacodontid:e. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, XVI, 379, July, 1901 (sep. p. 33). 
Type: Lonchoconus lanceolatus Ameghino, from the ‘Cretaceous’ of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Lonchoconus: Aóy xn, spear; K@®vos, cone—in allusion to the form of the tuber- 
cles of the upper molars. ‘‘Les deux tubercules externes sont les plus 
grandes et de forme lanceolée; les deux médians sont plus petits et de la méme 
forme; . . . Tous les tubercules sont trés pointus et bien séparés." 
( AMEGHINO. ) 
Lonchoglossa Peters, 1868. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatid:e. 
Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1868, 364. 
Type: Glossophaga caudifer y. Geoffroy, from the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
Lonchoglossa: Aoy xn, spear; yAó66a, tongue—in allusion to the long, slender 
tongue. 
Lonchophorus (subgenus) Lunp, 1839. Glires, Octodontide. 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 2* sér., Zool., XII, 206, 208, Oct., 1839; K. Danske Vidensk. 
Selsk. Afhandl., Kjóbenhavn, VIII, 282, 1841. 
Type: Lonchophorus fossilis Lund, from the bone caves between the Rio das Velhas 
and Rio Paraopeba, Minas Geraés, Brazil (alt. 2,000 ft. ). 
Extinct. 
Lonchophorus: Ady xn, spear; Popos, bearing—from the fact that the recent genera 
to which this group is most nearly allied ( Loncheres and Echimys) are armed 
with long, flattened spines. 
Lonchorhina Tomes, 1863. Chiroptera, Phyllostomatide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 81-82, pl. 12; Dossow, Cat. Chiroptera Brit. 
Mus., 461-463, 1878. 
Type: Lonchorhina aurita Tomes, from Trinidad (?) West Indies. 
Lonchorhina: Àóy yg, spear; fis Atv ds, nose—from the elongated lance-shaped 
nose leaf. 
Lonkus Rorn, 1901. Ungulata Typotheria, Typotheriid:ze. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, X, 256, Oct., 1901 (sep. p. 8). 
Type: Lonkus rugei Roth, from the lower Tertiary of Catiadon Blanco, Territory 
of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Extinct. " 
Lonkus: Lonko, Araucanian name of a hill. 
Lontra Gray, 1848. Ferve, Mustelidee. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XI, 118, Feb., 1843; List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 
pp. xxi, 70, 1843. | 
Species: Lutra canadensis (Schreber), from North America; and L. brasiliensis 
Schreber, from South America. 
Lontra: **L?^un des noms de la loutre en Italie." (Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 
‘Lontre’.) 
Lophiocherus (Larrer MS.) Bavrg, 1855. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suid:e. 
Bull. Soc. Géol. de France, 2° sér., XIII, feuilles 1-2, p. 29, Dec:, 1855. 
New name for Tupirotherium Lartet, 1851. ‘‘M. Lartet pense que le nom de 
Tapirotherium, ne répondant plus aux véritables analogics de l'animal, doit 
étre abandonné, et il propose de le remplacer par celui de Lophiocherus.”’ 
(Bayt. ) 
Extinct. 
Lophiocherus: Àóduov (dim. of Ad@os), a small crest; yozpoec, hog. 
