34 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



III. Genus ELAPHODUS. 



Elaphodus, Milne- Edwards, Arch. Mas. Paris, vol. vii, p. 93, 1871, 

 Eech. Mamm. p. 353, 1874; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, 

 p. 757 ; Brooke, ibid. 1878, p. 899 ; Riltimeyer, Abh. schweiz.pal. 

 Ges. vol. viii, p. 28, 1881 ; LydekJcer, Deer of All Lands, p. 212, 

 1898 ; Pococlc, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 955. 



Lophotragus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 452. 



Nearly allied to Muntiacus, but the antlers so small that 

 they scarcely project from the long tuft of hair on the crown 

 of the head, and their long supporting pedicles diverging 

 inferiorly, and not sending down long rib-like ridges on to 

 f rentals ; no frontal glands ; upper canines not everted at 

 tips ; hair coarse and pithy ; ears broad, rounded, and thickly 

 haired ; tail moderately long ; lateral hoofs present. The 

 young are spotted along the middle line of the back. Tarsal 

 bones as in Muntiacus. 



The genus, which is evidently less specialised than 

 Muntiacus, is restricted to China. 



ELAPHODUS CEPHALOPHUS. 



Elaphodus cephalophus, Milne- Edwards, Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. vii, 

 p. 93, 1871, Rech. Mamm. p. 353, pis. Ixv-lxvii, 1874; Garrod, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 757; Brooke, ibid. 1878, p. 899; 

 LydeJcker, Horns an:d Hoofs, p. 313, 1893, Deer of All Lands, 

 p. 213, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. ii, p. 166 ; Pococlc, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 955 ; Allen, Bull. Mus. Harvard Coll. vol. xl, 

 p. 203, 1912. 



The type and only species. 



Typical locality Sze-chuan, Western China. 



Type in Paris Museum. 



Size approximately the same as in the Indian Muntjac, 

 the shoulder-height being from about 22 to 23 inches. 

 General colour typically deep chocolate-brown, the hairs on 

 head and neck having a narrow white ring near the tip 

 which is wanting in those of the body behind the shoulder, 

 hair of crest forming a nearly black horse-shoe on forehead, 

 bordered by a grey line above each eye ; ears whitish 

 internally, with a larger or smaller amount of pure white on 



