Going out of the elephant house, Lin Ji and the others were arranged to stay and rest. Lin Ji took the opportunity to drill back into the town to find out the classification and distinction of the species.

The town has undergone a lot of changes after several years of forest tidying. The square of the town is lined with many large and small shelves or boxes, which are divided into categories for books, medicines, electronics, utensils, etc. It took Lin Ji a few years to clean up the items in the small town one by one, which will facilitate the search and use of these materials by Lin Ji.

Now Lin Ji has become a good hand at climbing windows and picking doors, and many door locks can be opened in good condition, and can basically be restored after finding the key. In some cases, he was even able to remove the entire door with a relatively simple tool. If he can return to the afterlife, he can't be a thief, and he can probably be a locksmith.

He stacked all the science and technology books he could find in other people's homes and libraries and bookstores in the square, and stacked them in different categories with bookshelves, which was relatively easy to find.

Lin Rui quickly found the biological class, and looked through the comparison.

Over the years, as he deepened the management of the kingdom, he continued to learn. In addition to learning various techniques, he is also learning about various management experiences and humanities. It can be said that learning has become a part of his life.

After flipping through the books on biology for a while, he quickly figured out the difference between animals at the level of families and species. Then he realized that his previous understanding of the type of object he had been wrong with.

Asian elephants, African elephants, and mammoths all belong to the family Elephantidae. These three are different genera under the elephant family. At this level, their mating will not produce offspring. The difference is as big as that between humans and chimpanzees. Because humans and chimpanzees belong to different genera.

Offspring will occur when species of the same genus mate, such as donkeys and horses belong to the genus Equus, so they can give birth to mules. But because of reproductive isolation between different species, mules are not capable of reproduction.

In other words, it was wrong to think that Asian elephants were different subspecies of elephants. Because they are bigger than donkeys and horses. If these mammoths were Asian, they would not have been able to have offspring with mammoths.

Now these mammoths and mammoths are pregnant, and apparently these mammoths are also part of the mammoth genus. As for whether they are of the same species, it depends on whether their offspring have the ability to reproduce.

When the information is checked to this extent, there is nothing that can be done about the forest traces. There is only so much information about elephants that he can find. He had no way to continue to confirm specific information between mammoths and mammoths. There is no way to confirm the species of these two elephants.

It is said that there were more than 200 species of prehistoric elephants, and there may be dozens of more species at this stage, but only three species have been left to later generations. Later generations have known a lot about extinct elephants, but the information that can be found in small towns is relatively limited.

Now all he can do is wait for the mother elephant to give birth before judging whether the two elephants are of the same species. It may even be necessary to wait until the baby elephants grow up to tell if they are of the same species.

went out from the small town, and Lin Ji also took some supplies from the small town out. Along the way, as long as he passed through, he would leave a little bit of things from the small town. The industrial products of later generations are extremely exquisite in this era, and whatever you take out is a usable or playable treasure for people in this era.

In the evening, it was a regular banquet, and the next day, Lin Ji followed Wude and others to inspect the various work of Tiger Forester, and also put forward some suggestions for improvement. And the next night, the people of the elephant house came running to report that the elephant had given birth.

Lin Ji and Wude and others were discussing the future development positioning of Hulinban, and when they heard the news, Wude felt that people would light up the lantern, Chen Li and turned on the flashlight, and led Lin Ji to the elephant house.

The outside of the elephant house is full of torches and lanterns, and there are low voices of baby elephants and high elephants in the elephant house, which seems to be a little restless.

Lin Xi and the others went in with flashlights and saw that several other short-mammoths were so irritable that they blocked the fire outside, circling around the mother elephant that gave birth. At the feet of the female elephant, a baby elephant was getting up from its coat, wet and trembling, and walked under the body of the female elephant.

"These elephants have not been tamed for long, and they are still more afraid of fire, so they ask people outside to take their torches farther away. Otherwise, they might step on the baby elephant. Kuren took a piece of sackcloth and stood outside the circle of elephants in a hurry.

It was very cold, and he had to go over and wipe the baby elephant dry of the water stains, otherwise the baby elephant might freeze to death tonight. However, because of the attention of the forest traces, the people with heads and faces in the county town are gathered outside the elephant house, which makes these elephants more nervous. He also couldn't get close to the baby elephant and the mother elephant.

Lin Ji found that the elephants were also more afraid of the light of the flashlight, so he led people to withdraw: "Fifty meters back." We'll take a look at it when it's done. ”

After the crowd retreated, the elephant house was a little quieter, and it didn't take long for Kuren to come out and say, "Okay, okay, drink the milk, the king will come and take a look." ”

Wu had to wait for a few people to protect the forest traces, and he didn't take the flashlight, but followed the light of the oil lamp installed on the wall of the elephant house into the elephant house. The elephants have quieted down, but they are still faintly guarding the mother elephant who has just given birth. At the feet of the mother elephant, a baby elephant with a gray and green coat is sucking milk.

The baby elephant has a different body shape than a mammoth cub and does not resemble other baby elephants of the mammoth. Its body hair is not long, but it seems to be denser, and it has several large spots on its body. Its body is relatively stout, and its limbs look like tree stumps, as if it is very powerful when it grows up.

"Male or female?" Lin Ji asked.

"It's the head male." Kuren replied.

Mules are also male and female, but they are tangible and incorporeal. It is still impossible to tell whether the baby elephant is capable of reproduction.

However, in any case, the smooth production of this baby elephant has brought new changes to the history of human domestication, which can be regarded as a great attempt. That's a lot of positive stuff.

Lin Ji said happily: "Let's keep it first, and see if it grows long and how it looks in a few years." If you don't work for a long time, you shouldn't be in estrus, and you will be able to raise a lot. If it grows, then you have bred a new breed to come out. It's also worth celebrating. Well, this kind of elephant is born here, and it is called the great spotted elephant. The mammoth is found on the south bank of the Yangtze River and is called the Yangtze River elephant. There is a prize for everyone who participates in this matter. ”

Elephants have a long growth cycle, and it is relatively difficult to breed and select, but from now on, Lin Ji feels that even if it takes decades to produce results, it will be a blessing for mankind. This is something to be commended.

The news of this night spread from the elephant house, and the next day the whole city celebrated. As the greatest hero, Kuren directly got rid of slaves and became the leader of elephant slaves, specializing in the breeding and selection of mammoths and Yangtze River elephants. The other personnel Lin Rui also used a lot of items in the town to reward. The Wudelai storks even got a few exquisite pens and a few bottles of ink, and they couldn't do it one by one.

As the forest trail continued to travel eastward, the baby elephant with huge gray-green markings curiously walked out of the elephant house and entered the ice and snow, as if it was not afraid of the cold.