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Fig. 79.— Dentition of Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus, 9.614-1). This skull is 

 that of a young female and shows the third molar in place in the jaws. The second 

 molar is being pushed out of the maxilla. 



The tusk is not a canine but a second upper incisor greatly 

 elongated and procumbent, having only its tip enamel-covered 



