ELEPHANT'S TEETH 



three full-sized cheek-teeth on each side above 

 and below (twelve in all), and these push from 

 behind forwards — the first getting worn out 

 and pushed forwards as the second comes for- 

 wards, and this again wearing out and dis- 



FiG. 75. — Section of a half-grown Indian Elephant's skull, 

 with the first and second molar teeth in position (therefore 

 more than twenty and less than twenty-five years old). 



appearing as the third pushes itself into place 

 from the back of the jaw. Three little " milk 

 teeth " or first-teeth of the molar series precede 

 these on each side above and below, and are 

 lost one after the other — between the second 



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