THE ASIATIC OR INDIAN ELEPHANT 



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edge only of the tip of the trunk ; the African species having one in 

 front and a second behind. The skin is nearly smooth ; and the 

 bristles on the tail are confined to the front and back edges for some 

 distance above the tip. Other noticeable points are the comparative 

 flatness of the forehead, and the regular convex form of the back, as 

 well as the perfect flexibility of the trunk, which may be compared in 

 structure to an india-rubber tube. In the African elephant the trunk 

 may be compared to a telescope consisting of segments of different 

 calibre. Although males do not generally exceed 9, and females 8 feet 

 in height, specimens have been killed measuring 9 feet 10 inches, 

 10 feet i inch, and 10 feet "j\ inches, while one is stated to have 

 reached i i feet, and a skeleton in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 indicates a still larger individual. 



Distribution. The forest-districts of India, Ceylon, Assam, Burma, 

 Malay Peninsula, Siam, Cochin China, Sumatra, and Borneo. There 

 is some doubt as to which is the typical form of the species. It 

 has been considered that the Ceylon elephant holds this position, 

 but the specimens originally named were probably tuskers 

 introduced from the mainland. The Indian race may therefore 

 be taken as the type. In the Ceylon race (E. maximus 

 zeylanicus) the males have very small tusks, and the females 

 are tuskless. The Sumatran race (E. maximus sumatrensis) is said 

 to be characterised by the coarser structure of the molar teeth. 



Height (Owner's Measurements). 



Owner. 



H. Shaw Dunn. 



S. H. Charrington. 



Col. J. E. Campbell. 



James J. Harrison. 



Major-General A. A. A. Kinloch. 



F. Gompertz. 



The late G. P. Sanderson. 



Length out- ( Greatest cir- 

 side curve. cumference. 



ft. ins. ins. 



-8 2lJ 



-8 9 

 8 6 



/eight. 

 Ibs. 



81 



80-2 



Tusks. 



Locality. 



Assam 



Do. 

 Burma 



Do. 



Owner. 



. The late Earl Lytton. 



Do. 



Government House, Rangoon. 

 Do. 



- Owner's measurements. 



