ELACHOCERAS—ELAPHUS. 958 
Elachoceras Scorr, 1886. Ungulata, Amblypoda, Uintatheriide. 
Am. Journ. Sci., 3d ser., XXXI, 304-307, fig. 2 in text, Apr., 1886. 
Type: Elachoceras parvum Scott, from the Eocene (Bridger beds) of Henry Fork, 
near Fort Bridger, Wyoming. 
Extinet. Based on a skull. 
Elachoceras: éLayts, small, short; Kepas, horn—in allusion to the rudimentary 
maxillary and parietal protuberances indicating the presence of horns which 
were probably small in comparison with those of Uintatheriwm. 
Zlaphalces* Brookes, 1828. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervid:e. 
** Cat. Anat. & Zool. Mus. of Joshua Brookes, London, 41-42," 1828 (previous to 
July 14). 
Elephalces BRookzs, ‘‘ Descr. & Hist. Cat. Anat. & Zool. Mus. of J. Brookes, 62, 
1830." 
Species: Elaphalces gouazou poucou (=the Gouazou poucou of Azara?), from Para- 
guay; and FE. mericanus, from Mexico. 
Elaphalces: Elaphus-—-Alces. 
Elaphoceros Firzincrer, 1874. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
Anzeiger Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, X, Nr. 29-30, p. 189, 1875—nomen 
nudum; Sitzungsber Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LXVIII, Abth. 1 
Jahrg. für 1873, 352, 1874; LXIX, Abth. r, 596-604, May, 1874. 
Type: Cervus sika Temminck, from Japan. 
Name preoccupied by Elaphocera Géné, 1838, a genus of Coleoptera. 
Elaphoceros: £Aeos, deer; Képas, horn. 
Elaphochoerus GisrEL, 1848. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suidee. 
Naturgesch. Thierreichs f. hóhere Schulen, p. x, 1848 (under Porcus). 
New name for Porcus Wagler, 1830, which is preoccupied by Porcus Geoffroy, 
1829, a genus of Pisces. (See Babirussa Frisch, 1775.) 
Elaphochoerus: Lagos, deer; yozpos, hog—'deer hog’ or ‘hog deer,’ a classical 
equivalent of babirussa the Malay name of the type species. (See Babirussa 
and Choerelaphus. ) 
Elaphodus MinNE-Epwanps, 1871. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
Nouy. Archives Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, VII, Bull., 98, 1871; Recherches Hist. 
Nat. Mamm. I, 353-356; II, pls. 65-67, 1868-74. 
Type: Elaphodus cephalophus A. Milne-Edwards, from Moupin, eastern Tibet. 
Elaphodus: €lados, deer; d50Us, tooth—'toothed deer,’ from the large upper 
canines of the male. 
Elaphotherium Detrorrrin, 1876. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, XXXI, 1° livr., 37-39, pl. 1, June, 1876; TroveEssarrt, 
Cat. Mamm., new. ed., fasc. 1v, 867, 1898. 
Elephotherium BEnaRorn, in C. O. Waterhouse's Index Zool., 121, 1902 (misprint), 
Type: Elaphotherium domenginei Delfortrie, from the Miocene of Canton Bazas, 
southern France. 
Extinct. Based on part of a lower jaw. 
Elaphotherium: €A\agos, deer, stag; Inpiov, wild beast. 
Elaphurus Mitne-Epwarps, 1866. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, LXII, 1090-1091, 1866; Nouv. Arch. Mus., Paris, II, 
Bull., 27, 1866. 
Type: Elaphurus davidianus Milne-Edwards, from the vicinity of Pekin, China. 
Elaphurus: Lagos, deer, stag; odpd, tail. The genus is related to the stag but 
has a longer tail. 
Elaphus (subgenus of Cervus) H. Smirn, 18277. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
Griffith’s Cuvier, Animal Kingdom, V, 307-309, 1827. 

*This name is open to question, as it was published in a sale catalogue. 
