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MAMMALIA. 
Elephas Indicus .— The Indian Elephant. 
Plate XXII. fig. 3. 
Skin dark blackisk-brown ; the head oblong, forehead con¬ 
cave, crown much elevated; ears large; hind feet with four 
hoofs; crown of the grinders marked by transverse undulating 
lines of enamel. Height ten feet, being the largest of living 
quadrupeds. Inhabits India, and the larger Eastern Islands. 
A white variety of this animal exists. 
Genus 2 .— Loxodonta. — F. Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth or tusks no canine teeth, 
grinders ; total 10. The enamel is disposed in lozenges; 
head small, round ; neck very short; ears very large ; tail short; 
proboscis very thick at the base, and small at the point, where 
it is furnished with a moveable finger-like process, fitted for 
grasping; feet with five toes on the fore feet, and four on the 
hind ones. 
Loxodonta Africanus .— The Loxodon, or African Elephant. 
Plate XXIV. fig. 7. 
Head round, forehead convex; ears very large, extending 
over the fore part of the shoulder ; hind feet with three hoofs 
only. Less than the Asiatic Elephant. 
Genus 3.—Mastodon. — Cuvier. 
Fossil. 
Generic Character .—Incisory teeth *, no canines, grinders 
111 ; total 10. Grinders rectangular, without cortical substance, 
the crowns with points disposed in pairs, varying in number. 
Mastodon giganteum. — The Mammoth. 
Plate XXIII. fig. 4. 
Grinders very broad, in proportion to their length, weighing 
from eleven to twelve pounds ; tusks nine feet long. Height 
