ELEPHANT.—E Vephas I'ndicus 
PACHYDERMATA; 
OR, THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS. 
THE important family of the Elephantide includes, according to the catalogue of the 
3ritish Museum, the Elephants, Tapirs, Swine, Hyrax, Rhinoceros, and Hippopotamus. All 
these animals, however different their aspect, are nearly related to each other by means of 
certain members of the family, which, although now extinct, have been recovered through 
the assistance of geological researches. 
Of Elephants, two distinct species are found in different continents, the one inhabiting 
Asia, and the other taking up its residence in Africa. According to some zoologists, these 
animals belong to different genera, but the distinetions between the two creatures are not 
sutticiently determined to warrant such a suggestion. Although the Asiatic and African 
Elephants are very similar in external form, they may at once be distinguished from 
each other by the dimensions of the head and the size of the ear. In the Asiatic animal, 
the head is elongated, the forehead concave, and the ears of ordinary size, while in the 
