CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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FIG. 357. 



ORDER PROBOSCIDEA (pro bos sld'e a). 



The Elephant is the largest of living quadrupeds, 

 attaining eight to ten feet in height and 10,000 pounds 

 in weight. It roams 

 the forest in herds of 

 twenty or more, and 

 is supposed to live 

 over one hundred 

 years. The two upper 

 incisors are prolonged 

 into tusks, which 

 serve for defense and 

 for plowing up the 

 ground to obtain suc- 

 culent roots. The 

 nose and upper lip are lengthened into a proboscis the 

 "trunk' -containing several thousand muscles, which 

 permit every conceivable motion ; 

 while a mobile lip at the end is 



Skeleton of Elephant. 



FIG. 359. 



FIG. 358 



a 



a, Tooth of Asiatic Elephant 

 6, Tooth of African Elephant. 



Section of Elephant's trunk. 



delicate enough to pick up a grain of wheat, This trunk 

 enables the Elephant to reach its food, which it could 



