Elephantine (elefantine)

pl. [NL., IMG:content-0317.png:[blocks in formation] Skeleton and Outline of African Elephant ( Elephas or Loxodon african us). fr, frontal; ma, mandible; ma ', malar; fi, "finger" at end of trunk; C, cervical vertebræ; D, dorsal vertebræ; pe, pelvis; sc, scapula; st, sternum; hu, humerus; ul, ulna; ra, radius; mc, metacarpus; fe, femur; pat, patella; tib, tibia; fib, fibula; met, meta tarsus. rous or anisomerous dentition, the transverse ridges of the molars being three to five, the same on all the teeth, continuous, and the valleys filled with cement. The genera are Elephas, Loxodon, and Stegodon, the last extinct.