MAMMOTH OR SIBERIAN ELEPHANT 461 



MAMMOTH or SIBERIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas primigenius). 



Nearly allied to the Indian elephant, but the plates of the teeth 

 still narrower and more numerous, the tusks spirally twisted, and the 

 skin clothed in woolly fur with long bristles intermixed. 



Remains of this species occur in the superficial deposits of Europe 

 and Northern Asia. In the frozen soil of Siberia the skin, flesh, and 

 hair are frequently preserved, and the ivory is often suitable for the 

 purposes of the turner. 



Greatest 



Length (out- Circum- Weight. Locality. Owner, 



side curve). ference. 



ft. in. in. Ibs. 



12, 19 ... ? Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



ii 5 i;| Do. 



1 1 2o| 173 Siberia . . .Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



