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
             †Elephas meletensis nom. null. see Elephas melitensis Falconer, 1862
               (Specimen) †BM M.44312ᵀ