Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1919 — Tuskless Elephants in Ceylon [ARTICLE]

Tuskless Elephants in Ceylon

An elephant without tusks seems almost impossible, yet tn Ceylon the male elephants have no tusks at all; they have miserable little grubbers projecting two or three inches from the upper jaw and inclining downwards. Nothing produces either ivory er horn in fine specimens throughout Ceylon. Although some of the buffaloss have tolerably fine heeds, they

will not bear a comparison with those of other countries. The horns of the native cattle are not above four inches in length. The elk’s and the spotted deer’s antlers are small compared with deer of their size in India. This is the more singular, as ft Is evident from the geological formation that at some remote period Ceylon was not an island, but formed a portion of the

mainland. It Is thought that them must be elements wanting in the Ceylon pasturage for the formation, of? ivory. '