Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Proboscidea - (Family) Elephantidae

Original position

Questionably Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

†Stegotetrabelodontinae (Subfamily) Aguirre, 1969

Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 24. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: table 1.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 503.
†Gomphotheriini (Tribe) Hay, 1922	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: fig. 7. [excluded] [indirect]

Historical positions

†Stegotetrabelodontinae (Subfamily) Aguirre, 1969	Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 24. [implicit]
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: table 1.
†Gomphotheriidae (Family) Hay, 1922	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: fig. 7. [excluded] [implicit]
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.P. Ferretti, 2003: fig. 11B.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 503.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †4s]
2010	N.E. Todd: table 1	[; †4s]