Order PKOBOSCIDEA. 



This order contains besides the Mammoth, the Mas- 

 todon, the Dinotherium and other extinct forms, the 

 two existinf^ species of Elephant — the Indian and the 



Fig. 34. — Head of African Elephant. 



African. The latter, has, however, in recent times been 

 subdivided into a number of local races or sub-species, 

 whereof the Cape animal is a separate variety. The 



