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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 





INDIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas indicus). 



In general a decidedly smaller animal, the Indian elephant differs 

 from its African relative not only in external form, but also in the 

 structure of its molar teeth, which are composed of a greater number of 

 much thinner vertical plates. The females, as a rule, have only very 

 small tusks, not projecting beyond the jaw ; and in some cases those of 

 the males are equally poorly developed. Five nails are usually present 

 on the fore-feet, and four on the hinder ones. Externally, the most 

 characteristic distinction is the comparatively small size of the ears ; 

 next to which comes the presence of a finger-like process on the front 

 edge only of the tip of the trunk ; the African species having one in 

 front and a second behind. The skin is nearly smooth ; and the 



