274 ELEPH.iNTrD.T5. ELEPHAS. 



Lumbar vertebrae 5 



Sacral o 



Caudal 



*a. Skull aud bones of body. Asia. Presented by tbe Earl of Derby. 



Tbe Kiang. Asinus hemionus. 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. iii. p. 272. tab. 37. fig. 2(skulT), 1852. 



Equus hemionus, Blainv., Osteog. G. Equus, pi. 2 (skull). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 18 



Lumbar 5 



Sacral 4 



Caudal (imperfect). 



a. Skull. Thibet, Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



b, c. Skulls. Thibet. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. — The spe- 



cimens referred to by Dr. Gray in P. Z. S. 1839. 

 *d. Skull. Thibet, N. of Ladakh. Presented by the Earl of 



Gifford. 

 e. Skeleton. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 

 /. Skull. Ladakh. Collected by Capt. R. Strachey. Presented by 



the East India Company. 

 g, h. Skulls. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson. Esq. 



Fam. 3. ELEPHANTID^E. 

 ELEPHAS. 



Teeth :— Incisors ?=jj ; Molars g ; = 28. 



The Elephant. Elephas indicus. 



Cuv., Oss. Foss. i. pi. 1. fig. 1 (skeleton), pis. 2-10 (skulls, &c.).— 

 Corse's Memoir, Phil. Trans. 1799, p. 211 (deciduous tusk). — 

 Blainv., Osteog. G. Elephas, p. 9. pi. 1 (skeleton), pi. 2 (skull), 

 pi. 7 (dentition), pi. 9 (dentition of young). — Homes Lect. Comp. 

 Anat, ii. tab. 33. figs. 1-6 (dentition) .'—Owen, Odont. p. 625. pi. 146. 

 figs. 1-6 (dentition) ; Odontology, Article in Encycl. Brit. p. 475. 

 fig. 141 (last lower grinder), fig. 143 (upper molar). — Schreb., Siiugth. 

 vi. pi. 317 c (skull).— Griffith, A. K. pi. 148. fig. 1 (teeth). 



Elephant, Buff., Hist. Nat. xi. p. 142. pi. 4 (skeleton), pis. 5 & 6 (skull). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 20 



Lumbar 3 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 24 



b. Skulls of Dauntelah and Mooknab, varieties. Presented by J. 



Corse Scott, Esq. — The specimens described by Mr. Corse. Phil. 



Trans. 1799, ii. p. 205. 



