. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. MAMMALIA. 32/ attain a length sometimes of nine feet, a girth of twenty- two inches, and a weight of two hundred pounds each, with which they can toss a tiger thirty feet or more. There are no incisors in the lower jaw ; the canines are absent, and the molars are large, ridged transversely, and filled with cement or crusta petrosa. The head is extremely mas- sive, but not indicative of the size of the brain, the upper portion containing numbers of air-cells. The limbs are powerful and five-toed, the feet resting on broad pads. The Asiatic species has small ears
. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. MAMMALIA. 32/ attain a length sometimes of nine feet, a girth of twenty- two inches, and a weight of two hundred pounds each, with which they can toss a tiger thirty feet or more. There are no incisors in the lower jaw ; the canines are absent, and the molars are large, ridged transversely, and filled with cement or crusta petrosa. The head is extremely mas- sive, but not indicative of the size of the brain, the upper portion containing numbers of air-cells. The limbs are powerful and five-toed, the feet resting on broad pads. The Asiatic species has small ears and an oblong head,. Fig. 353.—Asiatic elephant, showing how used by man. while in the African the ears are immense, the head round, and the forehead convex. They roam in herds. The young in the Indian species weigh about two hundred and thirteen pounds at birth, and are thirty-four and a half inches in height. Individuals have been known to live one hundred and thirty years. The mastodon and mammoth are extinct elephants of this country, Europe, and Asia. The latter was hairy, and. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company
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