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cylindrical trunk, movable in every direction, highly sensitive, 

 and terminating in a finger-like prehensile lobe (fig. 221). The 

 nostrils are placed at the extremity of the proboscis. The feet 

 are furnished with five toes each, but these are only partially 

 indicated externally by the divisions of the hoof. The feet are 

 furnished with a thick pad of integument, forming the palms 

 of the hand and the soles of the feet. There are no clavicles. 

 The testes are abdominal throughout life. There are two teats, 

 and these are placed upon the chest. The placenta is de- 

 ciduate and zonaiy. 



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Fig. S2I.— SkuU of the Indian EUphant [Ehf^ai Indiaii\. i Tnst-lilte upper in- 

 cisors ; m Lower jaw, with molars, but without incisors ; « Nostrils, placed at the 

 end of the proboscis. (After Owen.) 



The recent Elephants are exclusively confined to the tropical 

 regions of the Old World, in the forests of which they live 

 in herds. Only two living species are known — the Asiatic 

 Elephant (Ekphas Indicus) and the African Elephant {E. 

 Afrkanui). There can be no doubt, however, but that the 

 Mammoth {Elep/ias primigenius) existed in- Europe within- the 

 human period. 



In both the living Elephants the " tusks '' are formed by an 



