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The mounted skeleton of the mammoth im the museum 
of the Chicago Academy of Science is still the only one on 
exhibition in the United States ; this specimen is probably 
the Southern Mammoth, Elephas columbi, a species, or 
race, characterized by its great size and the coarse struct- 
ure of the teeth. Remains of the mammoth are common 
enough but, save in Alaska, they are usually in a poor 
state of preservation or consist of isolated bones or teeth. 
A great many skeletons of mammoth have been found by 
gold miners in Alaska, and with proper care some of 
these could undoubtedly have been secured. Naturally, 
however, the miners do not feel like taking the time and 
trouble to exchume bones whose value is uncertain, while 
the cost of transportation precludes the bringing out of 
many specimens. 
Some reports of mammoths have been based on the 
bones of whales, including a skull that was figured nm 
the daily papers. 
Almost every museum has on exhibition teeth of the 
mammoth, and there is a skull, though from a small in- 
dividual, of the Southern Mammoth im the American 
Museum of Natural History, New York. 
The tusk obtained by Mr. Beach and mentioned in 
the text still holds the record for mammoth tusks. The 
