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ZOOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. 26 



Published by the New York Zoological Society 



July, 1907 



NEW AFRICAN ELEPHANTS. 



IT WAS about four years ago that we began 

 our efforts to secure specimens of the co- 

 lossal Sudan African Elephant, {Elcphas 

 o.vyotis). of the Blue Xile country — the spe- 

 cies which attains the largest size, and grows 

 ears of enormous area. By a curious turn of 

 fortune, the first elephant to come to us from 

 Africa was one which represented the small- 

 sized and small-eared West African species, 

 known as Elcphas cyclotis. which in captivity 

 is exceedingly rare. 



At last, on June 25th, there arrived at the 

 Zoological Park a fine young pair of Sudan 

 elephants. They came by way of Hamburg 

 and Carl Hagenbeck. and have been nearly 

 three months in transit. Both animals are in 

 fine condition, and may justly be regarded as 

 a notable accession. At present they are 

 about two and one-half years old. with six 

 months seniority in favor of the male. The 

 male is four feet nine and one-half inches in 

 height at the shoulders, and weighs 1225 



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THE NEW AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, KARTOOM AND SULTANA. 



