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A COURSE ON ZOOLOGY. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 Proboscidia Perissodactyla. 



THE elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals. 

 There are two species, the Indian and the African. The 

 Indian or Asiatic elephant is usually taller than the 



FIG. 193. 



AFRICAN ELEPHANT ("Jumbo"). 



African, and has smaller ears and tusks, and a concave 

 forehead. It inhabits the forests of continental India 

 and of Ceylon, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is domesti- 

 cated, and trained to do many kinds of work. The 



