EVOLUTION OF ELEPHANTS 385 



In his book *'Ins innerste Afrika," which appeared in 

 1909, Duke Adolph of Mecklenberg describes the finding of 

 the skeleton of a dwarf elephant in the territory of the 

 Wambutti, near Beni, Belgian Congo;* the specimen in 

 New York is said to have come from the French Congo. 

 The dwarf elephant has been regarded by some as possibly 

 representing the fossil pygmy elephants of Cyprus and 

 Malta.f 



The dense jungles near the shores of an inland sea stretch- 

 ing from Nakawa to Singora, in Siam, constitute the habitat 

 of a species of small "red elephant," so named because of 

 the reddish-brown hue of the sparse hair covering their 

 bodies. They are tuskless, and as no attempt has been 

 made until quite recently to tame them, they are the only 

 elephants in Siam unprotected by the stringent regulations 

 of that country against shooting these animals. 



NAMES OF THE ELEPHANT AND OF IVORY IN 

 VARIOUS LANGUAGES 



LANGUAGE 



ELEPHANT 



IVORT 



English 



Elephant 



Ivory 



Anglo-Saxon 



Elpend 



Elpenbaenen 



German 



Elephant 



Elfenbein 



Dutch 



Olifant 



Ivoor, elpenbeen 



Danish 



Elefant 



Elfenben 



Swedish 



Elefant 



Elfenben 



Lettish 



Elefants, silons 



Elefanta sohbs 



Lithuanian 



Slanas 



Slanio kaulas 



French 



Elephant 



Ivoire 



Italian 



Elefante 



Avorio 



Spanish 



Elefante 



Marfil 



Portuguese 



Elephante 



Marfim 



Rumanian 



Elefant 



Fildes 



*Dr. Schouteden in Rev. Zool. Afr., Vol. Fasc. 2, p. 287. 



tRichard Lydekker, in "Encyclopedia Britannica," 11 th ed., Cambridge, 1910; article, 

 elephant. 



