Order PROBOSCIDEA. 



This order contains besides the Mammoth, the Mas- 

 todon, the Dinotherium and other extinct forms, the 

 two existing species of Elephant the Indian and the 



FIG. 34. Head of African Elephant. 



African. The latter, has, however, in recent times been 

 subdivided into a number of local races or sub-species, 

 whereof the Cape animal is a separate variety. The 



