Long-nosed Ungulates. 
(Sub-Order L Proboscidea). 
ELEPHANTS. 
(Fam. 1. ELEPHANTIDAE). 
1. THE ASIATIC ELEPHANT. [Plate II] 
Ele pitas maxi nuts. 
Malay: tiajah. 
Malaysia cannot offer hunters the attractions of Africa 
in quantity or variety of Big-game. Besides the Elephant, 
the him tor’s choice is practically limited to Rhinoceros, Se- 
Iadang and Tiger. The Elephant found in Malaysia is still 
comparatively plentiful in certain parts of the Malay Penin- 
sula, North Borneo and Sumatra, and fine tuskers tiave been 
bagged within recant years. 
The captive elephant in Zoological Gardens all over the 
world has always attracted attention on account of its huge 
size, great strength (enabling it to force its way through the 
thickest jungle), its remarkable intelligence and perhaps not 
least on account of its curious trunk, which gives it an ap- 
pearance totally unlike that of any other animal. This trunk 
or proboscis is really a lengthened nose at whose extremity the 
nostrils can be seen, but it differs from the usually accepted 
type of nose in being a prehensile organ used for conveying 
food and water to the mouth. With its trunk the elephant can 
pick up the smallest object or tear up trees by the roots. 
The feet of the elephant are very broad, the skin-covered 
pad containing five toes, whose position is indicated by broad 
flat nails. The legs are so formed that in kneeling the ele- 
phant stretches out its fore feet in front and Its hind legs 
behind, thus differing from other Ungulates. 
The skin is more or less without hair, very strong, almost 
armour-like and impervious to thorns and such like hindrances 
which would impede its progress through the tangled thickets 
of the jungle. 
The head is enormous, but the brain and eyes relatively 
small. Lydekker goes so far as to say that “ the size and 
structure of the brain is quite sufficient to prove that the in- 
tellectual capacity of elephants is far inferior to that of the 
dog, and is probably below that of most other Ungulates.” 
The size of the head, although out of proportion to the brain, 
is obviously necessary' when we consider the bulk of the ani- 
