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Species. 



I. Mastodon giganteum^ Cuvier, Recherches sur 

 les Osseniens Fossiles, nouv. edit. torn. 1. p. 206. 

 pi. 1 and 7. Peale's accoinit of the skeleton of 

 the Mammoth, 4to. Mammoth of the Americans. 

 Father of Buffaloes of the North American Indians. 

 Animal of Ohio of the French. 



Char. Essent. Molars rather broad in propor- 

 tion to their length, their crowns displaying, when 

 half worn, lozenges of enamel. 



Dimensions. Heioht at the withers from ten to 

 eleven feet ; length from the end of the snout to 

 the posterior part of the pelvis, from fifteen to 

 sixteen feet and a half. 



This difference arises from the inaccurate man- 

 ner in which the skeleton in the Philadelphia 

 Museum is articulated; though this is the most 

 perfect specimen hitherto discovered, the upper 

 part of the head is destroyed, and the tusks are 

 placed in an inverted position ; the tusks are nine 

 feet in length ; each molar weighs tw elve pounds. 



Description. In the general structure of the 

 skeleton, there is considerable analogy to the fos- 

 sil Elephant ; it is proportionably longer than the 

 Elephant, and from which it differs in the struc- 

 ture of the tusks and molar teeth, as noticed above. 



Habit. Phytivorous, feeding most probably 

 chiefly on leaves,limbs and tops of young trees, &c. 



Locality. The remains of this animal, hitherte 



