. The game animals of Africa . , inwhich the ears aremuch larger (4 feet5 inches in a female8 feet 8 inches high),long, and semi-oval inshape. In the Mata-bili or Mashonalandrace (^E. a. selotisi) theear is much less ellipti-cal than in the WestCape elephant, and ap-proaches more to thatof the Cameroons race,although less com-pletely oval. This raceformerly inhabited allMatabililand and Ma-shonaland, and is repre-sented by a mountedhead in the Imperial Institute shot by Mr. J. Sligo Jameson, thecompanion of Mr. F. C. Selous. The tusks are of medium size. Very distinct is the West African eleph

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. The game animals of Africa . , inwhich the ears aremuch larger (4 feet5 inches in a female8 feet 8 inches high),long, and semi-oval inshape. In the Mata-bili or Mashonalandrace (^E. a. selotisi) theear is much less ellipti-cal than in the WestCape elephant, and ap-proaches more to thatof the Cameroons race,although less com-pletely oval. This raceformerly inhabited allMatabililand and Ma-shonaland, and is repre-sented by a mountedhead in the Imperial Institute shot by Mr. J. Sligo Jameson, thecompanion of Mr. F. C. Selous. The tusks are of medium size. Very distinct is the West African elephant {E. a. cjdoiis), typicallyfrom South Cameroons, in which the ears are very large, but of quitedifferent shape, the contour being a regular, short oval, and the lappet. Fin -Head of East Cape Elephant from the Addo Bush. JiACES 5

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