THE ELEPHANT 253 



Klip-das or Rock Badger. Similar species are found in 

 Abyssinia, but in East and West Africa are Tree Hyraces, 

 whose habits are entirely arboreal. 



Sub-Order 2. PROBOSCIDEA 

 (PROBOSCIS BEARERS) 



FAMILY ELEPHANTID^: (ELEPHANTS). 



AFRICAN ELEPHANT. 

 Coloured Plate XV. Fig. 2. 



INDIAN ELEPHANT. 

 Plate XXVI. Fig. 2. 



The Elephant, the largest of the land mammals, is at 

 once distinguished by its size, even if it did not possess 



SKELETON OF THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. 



various other marked characteristics that render it prac- 

 tically unique in the animal world. 



