The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . 0^Thylacinus, , , 4, manus of. , sense of. , 365,TraguUna, , mammals, , , , , , organs. , 441. VertebrfP, 356. VespertUionida?, 4W., Vole, 419. ViveiTida;, 435. Walrus, 443.
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . 0^Thylacinus, , , 4, manus of. , sense of. , 365,TraguUna, , mammals, , , , , , organs. , 441. VertebrfP, 356. VespertUionida?, 4W., Vole, 419. ViveiTida;, 435. Walrus, , 440.\\halebone, , whale, 338-Wolf, , 395lZiphitna:. 39i M A ]\I M 0 T H 447 MAMMOTH, a name commonly given to one of tiienumerous extinct forma of Elepliant, Elephas primiffeniusof Blumeiibach and most subsciiuent authors. Prob-ably no animal which lias not survived to the hiatoricperiod has left such abundant and well-preserved evidenceof its former existence. The discovery of immensenumbers, not only, as in the of most extinct creatures,in the form of fragmentary bones and teeth, but often asmore or less entire carcases, or mummies as they may be I. FiQ. 1.—Restored Skeleton of Mammoth {Elephas primigenius). From Tilesius in Mem. Sc. Si PUershourg, t. T. (1815) called, with the flesh, skin, and hair in situ, in the frozen•oil of the tundras of northern Siberia, has for a long timegiven great interest to the species, and been the cause ofmany legendary stories among the natives of the lands inwhich they occur. Among these one of the most prevailingis that the Mammoth was, or still is, an animal which passesits life habitually in burrows below the surface of theground, and which immediately dies if by any chance itcomes into the upper air. The general characteristics of the animals of the orderIrohoscidea, to which the Mammoth belongs, are given inthe article Mammalia (p. 423). Its position is also the
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