. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. MAMMOTH AND MASTODON. 599 great size, some being live metres long. It formerly ranged in herds over northern Europe and Asia, as well as America, bones occurring under swamps in the Northern and Middle United States. A carcass frozen in the ice, with the hair still on, was discovered near the mouth of the Lena River in Siberia. A pigmy, extinct Maltese elephant of the late Ter- tiary Period was only metres in height. The Mastodon was characterized by having incisors in both jaws of some of the species. The mastodon had molars with. Di
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. MAMMOTH AND MASTODON. 599 great size, some being live metres long. It formerly ranged in herds over northern Europe and Asia, as well as America, bones occurring under swamps in the Northern and Middle United States. A carcass frozen in the ice, with the hair still on, was discovered near the mouth of the Lena River in Siberia. A pigmy, extinct Maltese elephant of the late Ter- tiary Period was only metres in height. The Mastodon was characterized by having incisors in both jaws of some of the species. The mastodon had molars with. Dinotheriura. —From a restoration by Brandt. conical cusps, and was 3J-4 metres (12-13 feet) in height. The mastodon {Mastodon giganteum Ouvier) was an earlier type than the elephant, and formerly inhabited the North American continent. In the Dinotherium of the Middle Tertiary (Pig. 521) there were only two incisors, and they grew out from the under jaw. It was elephantine in its form, according to Brandt. Order 8. Hyracoidea.—With some affinities to the Ro- dentia, and a decided resemblance in some particulars to. 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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