. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . ajor C. A. Sykes. 55i 18 East Africa Sutton Timmis. 55i Africa S. Robins. 55i i7i Africa P. Neergaard, - Owner. measurements. MAMMOTH 489 The MAMMOTH or SIBERIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas primigenius). Nearly allied to the Indian elephant, but the plates of the teethstill narrower and more numerous, the tusks spirally twisted, theears smaller, and the skin clothed in woolly fur with long bristles inter-mixed. Remains of this species occur in the superficial deposits of Europe
. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . ajor C. A. Sykes. 55i 18 East Africa Sutton Timmis. 55i Africa S. Robins. 55i i7i Africa P. Neergaard, - Owner. measurements. MAMMOTH 489 The MAMMOTH or SIBERIAN ELEPHANT (Elephas primigenius). Nearly allied to the Indian elephant, but the plates of the teethstill narrower and more numerous, the tusks spirally twisted, theears smaller, and the skin clothed in woolly fur with long bristles inter-mixed. Remains of this species occur in the superficial deposits of Europeand Northern Asia. In the frozen soil of Siberia the skin, flesh, andhair are frequently preserved, and the ivory is often suitable for thepurposes of the turner. Length (out-side curve). •■•cum-ference. Greatestcircum- ft. ins. 12 \0\ 12 8 12 6 12 O II 9 5 II o 3IA 2319 3520I Weight,lbs. 330 (estimated) 17- Siberia Siberia Locility. Owner. Stuttgart Hon. Walter Walter Walter Edmund (\. Lodcr, Bart. 49° RECORDS OF JUG GAME. Study of an African Lion (fore part), by Rowland Ward. The LION (Felis leo). Ambasstty Abyssinian. A seed, Arabic. Imbubi, Ibubcsi, Inyonyavia, Matonga, and Marhanganga, Svvazi and , , , Somali. Leeuw, Cape Dutch. Libbaka, Danakil. Nkango or Nkalavio, Chilala and , , Swahili,Tau, Basuto and , Barotsi and Ngami. Zaki, Hausa. Any description of such a familiar animal as the lion (the only catin which the male is furnished with a mane on the head and shoulders,and a tuft of long hair to the tip of the tail) would obviously besuperfluous here. One of the points of interest attaching to thespecies is its wide distribution. Several local races are now lions are smaller and greyer than those from either the Cape orAlgeria, although their manes are often very fine ; and the Indian l
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