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COMPARISON OF MASTODON AND ELEPHANT. 



In making the comparison of the skeleton of an Elephant about ten feet 

 high, with that of the Mastodon, as it now stands, eight feet six inches, 

 we find, among other differences, the following : The skeleton of the Elephant skeleton, 

 presents a lighter and more slender aspect than that of the Mastodon. All 

 the bones are less massive, and the gravigracle attitude is less strongly 

 expressed than in the Mastodon. The trunk of the Elephant is more Trunk, 

 flattened laterally and less barrel-shaped. The spinous processes of the s P me. 

 vertebrae are not so long. The bodies of the vertebras are less heavy. The 

 ribs are more slender. The pelvis is not so broad, and its aperture is Pelvis - 

 smaller. The tail has twenty-four bones, and that of the Mastodon twenty- Tail. 

 two ; but, in each of them, some have been replaced, and the whole number 

 cannot be determined with accuracy. 



The head of the Elephant is placed more vertically. This position Head, 

 would, of course, be, varied by the mode of articulation. In De Blainville's 

 Elephant, the head is raised much higher than the spinous processes of the 

 vertebras. In ours the vertex has the same height as the summit of these 

 processes. The same is true of both the Mastodon skeletons, that is, 

 the Cambridge skeleton and ours. The tusks of the Elephant are shorter Tusks. 



