GUIDE 



TO 



ELEPHANTS (RECENT AND FOSSIL). 



IN THE GALLERY OF FOSSIL MAMMALIA. 



AT the present day the different main sub-divisions of the 

 Mammalia are, as a rule, very distinctly marked off from one 



Pig. 1 



Upper and lower dentition of pig, showing the presence of the full set of 

 44 teeth and the low-crowned bunodont cheek-teeth adapted for a soft, 

 mainly vegetable diet, c., canine; t., incisors; m., molars; pm., pre- 

 molars. 



another. For instance, the Carnivora (flesh- eaters, e. g., tiger, 

 bear) are now widely different from the Ungulata (hoofed- 

 animals, e. g.j horse and ox) , each of these groups being fitted 

 for some special manner of life, and particularly for living on 



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