Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
   Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
     Subfamily Elephantinae Gray, 1821
       1 Genus †Primelephas Maglio, 1970
       2.1 Genus Loxodonta Vigors, 1827 - African elephant
       2.2.1.1 Genus Elephas Linnaeus, 1758 - Asiatic elephant
       2.2.1.2 Genus †Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924 see Subgenus Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924
       2.2.2 Genus ‡Mammuthus Brookes, 1828 - mammoths