EXTINCT ANIMALS 



to join the elephant stock on to more ordinary 

 " normal " mammals. I should say that this 

 beast was not so verj^ big — about as large as a 



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Fig. 87. — Lower jaws of extinct Elephants, from drawings by 

 Dr. Andrews. 1. The lower jaw (and above it the upper 

 jaw) of Meritherium, showing six molar or cheek-teeth in 

 position. 2. The lower jaw of Palspomastodon. 3. The 

 lower jaw of Tetrabelodon. (Comjiare with the lower 

 jaws of more recent forms shown in Fig. 76, 77 and 78.) 



fair-sized horse. Dr. Andrews' great triumph, 

 however, is the discovery of a somewhat 

 smaller animal in the same deposits, which is 

 undoubtedly an elephant, and yet at first sight 



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