Now they are acknowledged to be, not only distinct, but very different in many respects.

The Asiatic, or, as it is more frequently called, the "Indian" elephant is the larger of the two; but it is possible that domestication may have produced a larger kind, as is the rule with many animals.

The African species exists only in a wild state; and it would appear that individuals of this kind have been measured having the dimensions of the largest of the _wild_ Asiatic elephants.
The most remarkable points of difference between the two are found in the ears and tusks.

The ears of the African elephant are of enormous proportions, meeting each other above the shoulders, and hanging down below the breast.

Those of the Indian elephant are scarce one-third the size.