EXTINCT ANIMALS 



One is a very fine Indian elephant's tusk, 

 weighing seventy-two pounds — as big an Indian 

 elephant's tusk as is to be found in any museum. 

 The other is an African elephant's tusk ; it is 



Fig. 68. — Skeleton of the American Mastodon {Mastodon 

 americanus). 



ten feet two inches in length, and weighs 228 

 pounds. It is the biggest tusk ever seen in the 

 ivory market, and was purchased for the Museum 

 in 1900. Elephants' tusks have for many years 

 been imported from Africa, and never has one 



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