APPENDIX, 



Dimensions of the skeletons of the Mastodon Giganteus 

 described by Dr. J. C. Warren and Rembrandt Peale : 



FIRST. — THAT DESCRIBED BY DR. WARREN. 



Ft. Ik. 



Height of skeleton 11 



Length to the base of tail 17 



Circumference of trunk around the ribs 16 5 



Length of tail 6 8 



" trunk (or body) 10 3 



" head from occipital condyles in a straight 



line to anterior edge of socket 3 2 



Tusk— Entire length 10 ' 11 



Depth of socket 2 3 



External length 8 8 



Entire length of skeleton, including tusks. ....... 25 



Probable height when alive 13 



SECOND. — THAT DESCRIBED BY REMBRANDT PEALE. 



Height over shoulders 11 



" " hips 9 



Length from chin to the rump 15 



From the point of the tusks to the end of the tail, 



following the curve 31 



Length in a straight line 17 6 



Width of the hips and body 5 8 



Length of the under jaw 2 10 



Weight of the same, sixty-three and a half pounds. 

 Width of the head 3 2 



