EXTINCT ANIMALS 



spending teeth in the lower jaw. Then there 

 is a gap in the series, and we come to the 

 cheek teeth, which are very strange. The jaws, 

 both upper and lower, are so short, and the teeth 



Fig. 74. — Section of the skiill of a young Indian Elephant, to 

 compare with the section of a half-grown elephant's skull 

 given in Fig. 75, in which the face has become relatively 

 shortened and upright. Note in this and in Fig. 75 the 

 curious conical nasal bone, which is like a small bony 

 horn. 



are so big, that thqre is only room for one tooth 

 or a tooth and a half on each side above and 

 below at one time. An elephant only ever has 



io8 



