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teeth and portions of the tusks of two extinct proboscidians : the 

 mammoth, an extinct elephant of the Asiatic type (probably Elephas 

 primiyenius*), and the common mastodon (M. Ohioticus). 



FlQ. 238. 

 Molar tooth of Elephas piimigenius. 



FIG. 239. 

 Molar tooth of Mastodon Ohiotici 



* It has been proposed to subdivide the genus Elephas into two distinct genera : JHueleph.au t 

 for the Asiatic type, with narrow, linear tooth-bands, short ears, &c.; and Loxodon, for the 

 African type, with tooth-bands of lozenge-like form, large ears and other more or less diver- 

 gent characters ; but this subdivision is not generally adopted. E. primigenius, again, is sub- 

 divided by some authorities into several species or sub-species, as E. Juckswii, E. Attteri- 

 canus, &c. 



