. Science from an easy chair; a second series. Science; Natural history. 142 ELEPHANTS modern elephants with the typical dentition such as is approached by the pig, the dog, the tapir, and the hedge- hog? There are such links. We know a great many elephants from Pleistocene and Pliocene strata—some from European localities, more from India, and some from America. A little elephant not more than 3 ft. high when adult is found fossil in the island of Malta; other species were a little larger than the living African elephant. Whilst the Indian elephant has as many as twenty-four cross-ridges on i
. Science from an easy chair; a second series. Science; Natural history. 142 ELEPHANTS modern elephants with the typical dentition such as is approached by the pig, the dog, the tapir, and the hedge- hog? There are such links. We know a great many elephants from Pleistocene and Pliocene strata—some from European localities, more from India, and some from America. A little elephant not more than 3 ft. high when adult is found fossil in the island of Malta; other species were a little larger than the living African elephant. Whilst the Indian elephant has as many as twenty-four cross-ridges on its biggest grinding tooth (Fig. 13) there. Fig. 16.—A reconstruction of the extinct American mastodon (Mastodon ohioticus) from a drawing by Prof. Osborne. Other extinct species of mastodon are found in Europe. is a fossil kind which has only six such ridges. But besides true elephants we know from the Pliocene, Miocene, and Upper Eocene of the old world, the remains of elephant-like creatures (some as big as true elephants), which are distinguished by the name "' Mastodon" (Fig. 16). And, in fact, we are conducted through a series of changes of form by ancient elephant-like creatures which are of older and older date as we pass along the series, and are known as (i) Mastodon, (2) Tetrabelodon, (3) Palaeomastodon, (4) Meritherium, until we come to some- thing approaching the general form of skull and skeleton. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London, Methuen
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