INDIAN ELEPHANT AT? 
bristles on the tail are confined to the front and back edges for some 
distance above the tip. Other noticeable points are the comparative 
flatness of the forehead, and the regular convex form of the back, as 
well as the perfect flexibility of the trunk, which may be compared in 
structure to an india-rubber tube. In the African elephant the trunk 
may be compared to a telescope consisting of segments of different 
calibre. Although males do not generally exceed 9, and females 8 feet 
in height, specimens have been killed measuring over 10 feet, while one is 
stated to have reached 11 feet, and a skeleton in the Indian Museum, 
Calcutta, indicates a still larger individual. 
Distribution—The forest-districts of India, Ceylon, Assam, Burma, 
Malay Peninsula, Siam, Cochin China, Sumatra, and Borneo. There 
is some doubt as to which is the typical form of the species. It 
has been considered that the Ceylon elephant holds this position, 
but the specimens originally named were probably tuskers 
introduced from the mainland. The Indian race may therefore 
be taken as the type. In the Ceylon race (4. maximus zey- 
lanicus) the males have very small tusks, and the females are 
tuskless. The Sumatran race (2. maximus sumatrensis) is said to 
be characterised by the coarser structure of the molar teeth. 
$ Indian elephant, living, 6800 Ibs. (ew York Zool. Soc.). 
? 29 a? che! 4500 bad be 99 
Height (Owner’s Measurements). 
At shoulder. Locality. Owner. 
Fis satis: 
TOM LO Burma : P : : .  H. Shaw Dunn. 
ro. 5 Coorg : : : : . Capt. S. H. Charrington. 
iol ait Garhwal, United Provinces = Col) je Es Campbell 
iy Ceylon é : : : a Colney) Evanrison: 
TO) 1 India i é : : . Major-General A. A. A. Kinloch. 
9 58 Southern India . : ‘ . F. Gompertz. 
Tusks. 
Length out- Greatest cir- 4 ae J 
ae eaee! cumference. Weight. Locality. Owner. 
ft. ins. ins. Ibs. 
-8 9R)\ 174 81 Assam. P . The late Earl of Lytton. 
ee ee 80°2 Des tare. >. Do. 
-8 9 so Je Burma . : . Government House, Rangoon. 
-8 6 hs ae Do, : ; Do. 
— Owner’s measurements. 
