204 ' FAUNA AMERICANA, 



Five toes to each foot ; nose prolonged into a 

 great trunk, cylindrical, and moveable in every 

 direction, and terminated by an organ of touch 

 and prehension ; form massiv e ; skin very thick ; 

 nourishment purely vegetable. 



Inhabit the warm countries of the old world- 

 (Living species.) 



Genus. 

 Elephas, Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Bodd. Cuv. Geoff. 



iiiig. 



CHABACTEHS. 



Dental formula. — Teeth 10. 



C Incisor 2. 



C superior 6. -^ Canine 0. 



J C. Molar 4. 



) C Incisor 0. 



V. inferior 4. < Canine 0. 



C Molar 4. 



Superior incisors in form of tusks, often very 

 large, cylindrical, curved downwards, and elevated 

 at their points, formed of a close osseous texture, 

 and offering lines more hard and compact, con- 

 vergent, and intersecting so as to form very regu- 

 lar, curvilinear lozengers; these tusks are besides 

 surrounded by a very light layer of enamel, pro- 

 perly so called. 



Molars composed of vertical and transverse 

 laminae ; these laminae are each formed of an os- 

 seous substance, enveloped in enamel, and all 

 united together by a solid inorganic substance or 

 cement; the molars proceed obliquely forwards 



