The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-27
||I|RF SPECIES
d q EpHANT
FAMILY FOUND
Two Plgmy Specimens Sent
10 London From Africa,

u L0ND0N.--There have recently ar
rived In England evidence Of the most
Important geological discovery that has
come to light since the finding OF thai
straage beast. the 0kapi, In the Congo
forest some years back
4 This discovery proves completely the
persistence OF a new and hitherto un-
snown species Of elephant, rel
dwarf elephant, which IN adult speci.
Dnens attains no greater height than
1nbout feet 9 inches TO 6 feet, or about
bali the height at the shoulder OF the
ordinary African elephant. according
10 . correspondent in the London
KTimes.
tfemale, have reached firm OF taxider-
.aists and M iuraliis In London These
Extraordinary elephants were shot in
lhe Congo country by ]. Rowland
Evans; ono complete specimen is to be
<pffered to the Natural History museum
ht South Kensington, The destination
lof the other is at present undeter-
mined.
n Bones ana Skin Complete.
2 Opportunity has been given Of exam
,ining carefully the evidences Of this
remarkable discovery, which includes
bot only the complete skins Of the two
fwarf elephants but the bones, skulls
bad tusks Of the animals. Both are
kvidsutly full grown beasts, the molars
3eha much worn from many years Of
~.
Y Te legs, ears, and tails are Of dis
1iactivs character, and there can one
Belisves, be no doubt that the speci-
1Dsas Of this invaluable theological find
1rs destined to be elassed by Scientific
heturaIists as a completely new species
~ elephant.
Thsre have been rumors for some
3ears Of an African dwarf elephant
but hitherto no real evidence OF the
Tact have reached England The tusks
bf the two animals, which are very
hark and show strong signs OF wear
Ind tear Of exposure to moist or
hpuddy habitat. arc extraordinarily
St~all. =.
Those Of the female weight no more
ihan two pounds the pair, while the
nusks OF the male reach seven pounds
Dhe pair. The tusks Of we'll known
hfrican bull elephant from the region
~ the great central lakes attain as
lnuch as ITO bounds apiece, or 20
bounds the pair, while in particularly
line examples a single tusk has been
Known 10 scale the enormous weight
q 100 pounds. II will be seen, there
lore, how puny are the tusks OF the
ZEN dwarf elephant,
By the natives OF the region from
khich these interesting mammals have
cen received this dwarf species Is
nown as the swimming" or water"
Nlsphant, pretty conclusive testimony
NAT these animals, as their discolored
b,ks show, are found in a watery
habitat
n Bamboo Species q Link
4 A few years ago much interest was
vinced in the accounts brought TO
Europe Of Q Bamboo" dwarf ele-
Shant. shot In the Rukisa district ni
he eastern Congo by DR.. c, II. Mar
bhall Of the Anglo Belgian boundary
tommissiou, but this was apparently
eunsidersbly bigger race, the measure
Nept At the shoulder OF an adult fe-
Nhaie reaching feet 9 inches, while
We tusks scaled respectively twelve
sounds and fifteen pounds apiece
II would seem, therefore, that the
new specimens received are the real
Diemies afncng African elephants,
while the Bamboo" race occupies 4
position midway between the pigmy and
the big species