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Eroboscidea — Elephant, Mastodon, etc. 



extinct species of tins animal. The cranium of Elephas ganesa, 

 probably one of the largest of all the fossil elephants known, 



Fig. 29. — Profile of the skull and tusks of Elephas ganesa (Falc. and Cautl.) (-£$ natural size) 

 Older Pliocene, Siwalik Hills, India. [The original is marked (D) on plan, and occupies a 

 stand in the centre of this Gallery, between the American Mastodon and the Ilford 

 Mammoth.] 



Fig. 30.— Profile of skull of Elephas pla- 

 nifrons (Falc. and Cautl.) ( T \j na'.ural 

 size) ; Older Pliocene, Siwalik Hills, 

 India. 



Fig. 31. — Profile of skull of Mastodon sivalensis 

 (Falc. <fc Cautl.) ( T V natural size); Older 

 Pliocene, Siwalik Hill's, India. 



Elephas 

 ganesa. 



Stand D. 



from the Siwalik Hills in India, exhibited next the Ilford 

 Mammoth in the centre of the Gallery, has tusks which measure 

 10 feet 6 inches in length.* This fine specimen was presented 

 to the Trustees by General Sir William Erskine Baker, K.C.B. 

 Fifteen extinct species of elephants, seven of which are 

 from India, and three whose fossil remains have been found 

 in this country, are represented in the cases. 



* A mammoth's tusk from Eschscholtz's Bay, in the collection, measures 

 12 feet 6 inches along the curve. (See tops of Pier-cases, Xorth side, also 

 on the upper shelf of Pier-case No. 30.) 



