476 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Under Surface of Skull of Indian Elephant. 
The ASIATIC or INDIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas maximus). 
In general a decidedly smaller animal, the Indian elephant differs 
from its African relative not only in external form, but also in the 
structure of its molar teeth, which are composed of a greater number of 
much thinner vertical plates. The females, as a rule, have only very 
small tusks, not projecting beyond the jaw ; and in some cases those of 
the males are equally poorly developed. Five nails are usually present 
on the fore-feet, and four on the hind pair. Externally, the most 
characteristic distinction is the comparatively small size of the ears ; 
next to which comes the presence of a finger-like process on the front 
edge only of the tip of the trunk; the African species having one in 
front and a second behind. The skin is nearly smooth; and the 
