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that a direct line from tip to base would be less than 4 ft. 

 To emphasize the characteristic difference these tusks have 

 been placed one above the other; the curved tusk describes 

 three quarters of a circle.* 



A tusk rivalling in length those of the Instituto Geologico 

 of Mexico City is preserved in the Franzens-Museum at 

 Briinn, Austria. It is stated to measure more than 5 meters 

 in length or approximately 16 ft. 6 in.; this was found in 

 1845, in the loess of the Sanct Thomas Ziegelei near Briinn, 

 and belonged to an example of Elephas primigenius.'\ As 

 the same slightly indefinite statement as to length is made 

 in regard to the Briinn tusk and to those of Mexico City, 

 it is not possible, in the absence of absolutely accurate data, 

 to determine which is the longest of these extraordinary 

 tusks. 



One of the largest mammoth tusks ever discovered in 

 Siberia is in the American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York. It was obtained, by the Jesup Expedition, from the Li- 

 akhov Islands. This tusk of Elephas primigenius has an out- 

 side curve of 12 ft. 11 in., and a basal circumference of 21 in., 

 and weighs 200 pounds. It is almost perfect, excepting a 

 small piece of the tip which has been broken off. From an 

 Alaskan mammoth of the same species the Museum has a 

 pair of round tusks 56 in. in length and 10 in. in circumfer- 

 ence. There are also the jaws and teeth and some portions 

 of the skeleton, as well as even pieces of the hide and hair. 

 This specimen came from Elephant Point, Eschscholtz Bay, 

 Alaska. 



From the territory of the United States the Museum 



*0. W. Dietrich, "Elephas primigenius Fraasi, eine schwabische Mammutrasse," 

 Stuttgart, 1912, pp. 67, 68, and E. Frasse, " Elef antenzahne von Steinheim a. d. Murr," 

 Reprint from "Jahreschafte d. Vereins jur vaterl. Naturkunde in Wurttemberg" 70th 

 Jahrg., 1914., pp. 34-36. 



fAlexander Makowsky, "Der Loess von Briinn und seine Einschliisse an diluvialen 

 Thieren und Menschen," Verhandlungen d. naturf. Vereines in Briinn, Vol. XXVI, p. 219. 



