34 PRIMATES, CARNIVORES AND UNGULATES 



Colour blackish with a white crescentic patch on the chest 

 and a whitish muzzle and face. Head and body about 50 

 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula. 



Order UNGULATA. 

 (Hoofed Quadrupeds). 



Key to the Suborders. 



A. A long flexible proboscis ••• •• PROBOSCIDEA. 



B. No long flexible proboscis 



a. Number of toes odd; no pair of lateral 

 horny digits towards the back of the feet 



Perissojuctyla 

 h. Number of toes even ; a pair of external 

 horny digits towards the back of each foot 



Artiodactyla. 



Suborder PROBOSCIDEA. 

 (Long=nosed Ungulates). 



Family ELEPHANTINE. 



(Elephants). 



Genus Elephas. 



The elephants are the largest of terrestial mammals and 

 exhibit many peculiarities of structure. The tusks are not 

 enlarged canines but incisors : the bones of the limbs are set 

 vertically above each other and owing to the length of the upper 

 segments the elbow and knee are less enclosed within the 

 body-skin than is the case with other ungulates. A further 

 unusual feature is that when resting the fore-feet are stretched 

 out in front and the hind limbs to the rear. The brain is 

 extremely small and lies far back between the ear-holes. By 



Jour. Straits Branch 



