Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
   Suborder Elephantoidea Osborn, 1921 see Suborder Elephantiformes (Tassy, 1988)
     Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
       Subfamily Elephantinae Gray, 1821
         Genus Elephas Linnaeus, 1758 - Asiatic elephant
           Subgenus Paleoloxodon nom. null. see Subgenus Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924
             1 †Elephas recki Dietrich, 1915
             1.n †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) antiquus Falconer & Cautley, 1847 - forest elephant
             1.n.n.1 †Elephas namadicus
             1.n.n.2 †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) falconeri Busk, 1867
             1.n.n.3 †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) mnaidriensis Adams, 1870, nom. emend
             1.n.n.4 †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) creutzburgi (Kuss, 1965)
             1.n.n.5 †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) naumanni Makiyama, 1924 - Naumann's elephant
             1.n.n.6 †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) creticus Bate, 1907 see Mammuthus creticus (Bate, 1907)
             1.n.n.7 †Elephas (Paleoloxodon) cypriotes Bate, 1903
             1.n.n.8 †Elephas meletensis nom. null. see Elephas melitensis Falconer, 1862