Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Elephantina (Subtribe) Gray, 1821

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

Current position

Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: 76.

Alternative positions

Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821
Elephantina (Subtribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504. [new position]
Loxodontina (Subtribe) Osborn, 1918	Ref: M.G. Thomas et al., 2000: 2499. [indirect]

Historical positions

Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: vii, viii, 23, 24, 28, 33, 124.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: 76, table 1.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A. Virág, 2009: 408, 409.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.P. Ferretti, 2003: fig. 11B.
Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: N. Poulakakis et al., 2002: 364, 365.
Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.G. Thomas et al., 2000: 2493, 2498.
Elephantina (Subtribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	‡1s;1ss‡‡13s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; ‡1s;1ss; †13s;10ss]
2010	N.E. Todd: table 1	[; ‡1s; †12s;3ss]
2010	N.E. Todd: table 1	[; ‡1s; †12s;3ss]