A genus of small shy deer native to southern China, closely related to the muntjac or barking deer.
From Greek elaphē (deer) plus -odus (a scientific suffix), creating a New Latin genus name. This naming convention follows Linnaean taxonomy of the 18th-19th centuries.
Elaphodus cephalophus (the tufted deer) has fangs like a tiny vampire—these weird little deer are so rare and secretive that Western scientists barely studied them until recently!
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