Game Animals of India, etc. 



This muntjac was described trom a male, obtained 

 about 1888 in the mountains to the south-east of 

 Maleyit, in Tenasserim, and preserved in the Museum 

 at Genoa. In many respects it forms a link between 

 the Indian species and the hairy- fronted muntjac 

 (C crinifrons) of Eastern China, which is a larger plum- 

 coloured species, distinguished by a crest of long coarse 

 hairs on the crown ot the head, almost completely 

 concealing the pedicles of the antlers. 



THE TIBETAN TUFTED DEER 



{Elafhodus cefhalophus) 

 (Plate vii, fig. 4) 



The tufted deer, of which the Tibetan representative 

 alone comes within the purview of this volume, are 

 connected with the muntjacs by means of the hairy- 

 fronted species to which a passing reference has just 

 been made. They derive their title of tufted deer from 

 the crest of long and dense bristly hair crowning the 

 summit of the head ; while their scientific name of 

 Elaphodus refers to the long sabre-like tusks in the 

 upper jaw ot the bucks. The two latter features are 

 common to the hairy-fronted muntjac, and the short 

 antlers are similarly supported on long ridges ; but the 

 species of Elaphodus are distinguished from Cervulus 

 by the pedicles ot the antlers diverging inferiorly 

 instead of converging, while they are not continued 

 down the face as ridges. The tips of the tusks of the 

 bucks are not turned outward in muntjac fashion, while 

 the hair is extremely coarse and comparatively long. 

 The lateral hoots are much smaller than in muntjac, 

 being quite rudimentary. The fawns differ from those 

 of the chestnut-coloured muntjacs in being spotted 

 only along the micklle line of the back ; but since the 



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