294 LUHDORFF’S DEER CHAP. 
palmated antlers, and is usually spotted. It seems to be an 
introduced species, common report pointing to the Romans as 
the introducers. It would be more correct to say “ re-introduced,” 
for fossil remains of this Deer have been met with. 
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Elaphodus' contains probably two species, #. cephalophus of 
Milne-Edwards and /. michianus of Swinhoe, both from China. 
The antlers are small and unbranched; the canines in the male 
are massive; it differs from Cervulus, to which it is closely 
allied, principally in the absence of frontal glands. The second 
1 Garrod, ‘‘On the Chinese Deer named Lophotragus michianus by Mr. 
Swinhoe,” Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 757. 
