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about two hundred pounds of food daily; they 

 sleep during the night in a recumbent posture. 



Species. None living on the continent of Ame- 

 rica. 



Fossil Elephants. 



Species. 



1. Elephas primogenius, Blumenbach. Mam- 

 moth of the Russians, Cuv. Mem. de I'Inst. Part. 

 Phys. tom. 2. Ejusd. Ossem. Foss. 2. edit, t 1. 

 p. 75. pi. 2. Le squelette. 



Char. Essent. Head elongated ; forehead con- 

 cave ; alveoles for the tusks, very large, marked 

 by ribbands of enamel parallel to each other and 

 very close ; inferior jaw obtuse before. 



Dimensions. Very little larger than the Indian 

 elephant ; form rather more contracted. 



Description. M. Cuvier, by a minute examina- 

 tion of all the bones which have been collected 

 of this species, which are very numerous, is con- 

 vinced that they present remarkable differences 

 from those of the tw o living species ; the fossil 

 elephant resembles the Indian more than the Afri- 

 can species, in the form of the cranium, but it 

 diil'ers particularly. 1st, In the form of its mo- 

 lar teeth, which are much larger, and possess 

 parallel borders; as well as in the crowns which 

 have a much greater number of parallel plates of 



