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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. n.d. Abstract of Johnstone, Notes on elephants. CUL-DAR45.158. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR45 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 4 'Variation under nature'.

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Proc. Asiatic Soc of Bengal. May 1868. Lieut. Johnstone describes the elephants of India, several distinct races, but in each area occasionally one may be seen resembling those proper to another area. In Central India there is a very distinct race or species with 14 false ribs (instead of 13) as in the Borneo & Ceylon species.

Many facts about age of breeding & number of young produced.

Johnstone, J. 1868. Notes on elephants. [Read 6 May.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1868): 127-129 [and discussion 129-132]. [Copy not found, CCD16:707] PDF

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