384 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



E. a. Selousi lyd. 



E. a. cychtis matschie. 



E. a. Cottoni lyd. 



E. a. Knochenhaueri matschie 



E. a. Peeli lyd. 



E. a. Cavendishi lyd. 



E. a. oxyotis matschie. 

 E. a. Orleansi lyd. 

 E. a. Rotschildi lyd. 

 E. a. albertensis lyd. 

 E. a. pumilio noack. 



Mashonaland and Matabeleland. 



Cameroons. 



Congo. 



German East Africa, Northeastern 



Rhodesia. 

 Enghsh East Africa. 

 Lake Rudolf (Northeastern Africa) 



Gallaland, Lado (?). 

 Abyssinia, Sudan, Blue Nile. 

 Northern Somaliland. 

 Western Sudan. 

 Uganda. 

 French Congo. 



Although but two of these types have so far been def- 

 initely noted in the Congo basin (El. a. Cottoni and El. a. 

 pumilio). Dr. Schouteden considers it highly probable 

 that some other of these varieties exist there. The unique 

 specimen of the dwarf elephant, El. a. pumilio, was acquired 

 in 1905 by the New York Zoological Society. While Noack, 

 who examined the animal in Europe in 1905, believed it was 

 about six years old at that time, the New York experts 

 placed its age at from two to three years. The following 

 data given by Dr. Hornaday, of the Zoological Society, 

 show the slow growth and development of this most inter- 

 esting specimen, which is known to visitors as "Congo": 



DATE 



HEIGHT 



WEIGHT 



July 28, 1905 ... 



. . . 3 ft. 8 in. 



600 pounds 



March 23, 1907 . . . 



. . . 3 ft. 10| in. 





November 1, 1908 . . . 



. . .4 ft. 6^ in. 



1,170 



January 4, 1910 . . . 



. . .4 ft. 9fin. 





June 7, 1911 . . . 



. . . 5 ft. 



1,650 



July 11, 1911 . . . 



. . .5 ft. 



1,700 



The tusks are now reported 22 and 23 in. in length, while 

 they were little over 4 in. long in 1905. 



