Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Loxodontina (Subtribe) Osborn, 1918

Ref: Shoshani, (J.), 1997: 504.

Current position

Elephantini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 91.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: 76.
Loxodontina (Subtribe) Osborn, 1918	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504. [new position]

Historical positions

Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: viii, 24.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: 76, table 1.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 91.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.P. Ferretti, 2003: fig. 11B.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: N. Poulakakis et al., 2002: 364, 365.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.G. Thomas et al., 2000: 2493, 2498.
Loxodontina (Subtribe) Osborn, 1918	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504. [new position]
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 367.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 123.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1055.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;2ss; †3s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s;2ss; †3s;2ss]
2011	J.A. van Essen: viii	2s
2010	N.E. Todd: table 1	[1s;2ss; †3[2]s;4[2]ss]
2010	N.E. Todd: table 1	[1s;2ss; †2s;2ss]
2005	J. Shoshani	[2s]
2005	J. Shoshani	[2s]
1993	D.E. Wilson	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s