ELEPIIANTID.E 



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2. Subgenus LOXODONTA. 



Loxodonte, F, Cnvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. livv. 31, pi. 1825. 

 Loxodonta, F. Cuvier, Zool. Joitrn. vol. iii, p. 140, 1827 ; Gray, List 



Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 184, 1843, Cot. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. 



p. 359, 1869. 

 Loxodon, Falconer, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xiii, p. 318, 1857 ; 



Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. Surq. pt. ii, 



p. 483, 1884 ; nee Milller and Henle, 1841. 

 Loxo(-disko-)don, Polilig, Nova Acta Ac. Cxs, LeojJ.-Car. vol. liii, 



pp. 138 and 352, 1888. •» 



II. ELEPHAS (LOXODONTA) AEEICANUS 



(Figs. 22 A, 27-31). 



Elephas africauus. Blumenhacli, Handhucli Naturgescliichte, 1779, 

 Abbild. nat. Gegenstdnde, pi. xix, fig. c, 1810; Cuvier, Eegne 

 Animal, vol. i, p. 281, 1817; Griffith, Animal Kingdom, 



Fig. 26. — Skull of African Elephaxt (Elephas africauus) 



vol. iii, p. 327, vol. v, p. 286, 1827 ; Jardine, Naturalist' s Lihr., 

 Mamm. vol. v, p. 124, pi. iv, 1837 ; Giebel, Sdugethiere, p. 159. 

 1859 ; Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 654 ; Flower and Garson, 

 Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 484, 1884; W. L. 

 Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii, p. 208, 1891, Fauna 

 S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 319, 1900 ; Flower and LydcMer, 

 Study of Mammals, p. 425, 1891; Matschie, Sdugeth. Deutsch- 

 Ost.-Afrika, p. 88, 1895 ; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ser. 8, 

 vol. iv, p. 138, 1896; Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 1, 

 1899; Beddard, Cambridge Nat. Hist., Mamm. p. 221, 1902; 

 Lydeklicr, Game Animals of Africa, p. i, 1908; Andrews, Guide 

 to Ele]}liants Brit. Mus. p. 42, 1908; Lull. Bep. Smithson. List. 

 1908, p. 671, 1909. 

 Loxodonta africana, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 184, 1843, Cat. 

 Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 359, 1869, Hand -List Tliich -skinned 



