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1. Subgenus ELEPHAS. 

 Enelephas, Falconer, Qtcart. Joiini. GeoL Soc. vol. xiii, p. 818, 1857. 



I. ELEPHA8 MAXIMUS (Figs. 22 B, 23-25). 



Eleplias maximus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 35, 1758, ed. 12, 

 vol. 1, p. 48, 1766, partiui ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. 

 p. 463, 1891; Lydekher, Great and Small Game of India, p. 1, 

 1900, Game Animals of India, p. 6, 1907 ; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. 

 Field Mas. {Field Miis. Zool. Pub. vol. viii) p. 106, 1907; 

 Andrews, Guide to Elephants Brit. Miis. p. 39, 1908; Ward, 

 Eecords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 476, 1910, ed. 7, p. 475, 1914. 



Fig. 23. — Large Male Indian Elephant [Eleplias maximus), 

 belonging to H.H. the Maharaja of Alwar. 



From S. S. Flower, " Report on a Zoological Mission to India in 1913," 

 Ministry of Public Works, Cairo, 1914. 



Elephas indicus, Cuvier, Tabl. Mem, Hist. Nat. p. 148, 1798, Regne 

 Animal, vol. i, p. 231, 1817 ; Corse, Asiatic Researches, vol. iii, 

 p. 29, 1799; Griffith, Animal Kingdom, vol. iii, p. 326, vol. v, 

 p. 286, 1827 ; Jardine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. v, p. 106, 

 pi. ii, 1837; Elliot, Madras Journ. vol. x, p. 219, 1839; Gray, 

 List Mamm, Brit. Mus. p. 184, 1843, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit, 

 Mus. p. 358, 1869, Hand-List Thick-skinned Mamm. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 72, 1873; Kelaart, Prodromus Faunx Zeylan, p. 77, 1852; 



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