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ELEPHANTS

                                                                   EXTERNAL FEATURES OF A FEMALE AFRICAN
                                                                   ELEPHANT (TUSKS REMOVED)


                                                                     Flat forehead



                                                                              Eye


                                                                                Pinna (ear flap)








                                                                                   SKULL OF AN
                                                                                   ASIAN ELEPHANT
                                                                                 Orbit             Cranium
                                                                            Maxilla
                                                                                                     Jugal
                                                                       Premaxilla                    bar
                                                             Tusk (upper incisor)                    Upper
                                                                                                     molars


                                                                              Lower molars
                                                       Annulus (ring)                          Mandible
                                                       of  trunk
                                                           SKELETON OF AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT
                                                           (TUSKS REMOVED)
                                                             Cervical
                                                             vertebrae             Thoracolumbar
                                                                                   vertebrae
                                                      Skull
                                                                                                Sacrum

            Belly
                                                                                                   Caudal
            Foreleg                                   Mandible                                     vertebrae
                                                         Scapula
             Trunk
                                                                                     Pelvis
          (proboscis)                                     Sternum
                                                                                 Rib             Femur
          Upper “lip”                                      Humerus
            of  trunk                                                             Patella
                                                                           Ulna
                                                             Radius
         Lower “lip”                                                               Tibia
            of  trunk
                                                            Carpals
                                                                                                  Fibula
                                                          Metacarpals
                                                                                                   Tarsals
                                                                                 Phalanx
                                                                Phalanx
                                                                                                 Metatarsals
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