Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
   Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
     Subfamily Elephantinae Gray, 1821
       Genus Elephas Linnaeus, 1758 - Asiatic elephant
         1 †Elephas nawataensis Tassy, 2003
         2 †Elephas ekorensis Maglio, 1970
         3 †Elephas recki Dietrich, 1915
         4.1 †Elephas planifrons Falconer & Cautley, 1845
         4.1.n.1 ?†'Elephas' celebensis (Hooijer, 1949)
         4.1.n.2 †Elephas platycephalus Osborn, 1929
         4.2 †Elephas hysudricus Falconer & Cautley, 1845
         4.3 †Elephas hysudrindicus Dubois, 1908
         4.4.1 ?†Elephas armeniacus H. Falconer, 1857
         4.4.2 Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - Asian elephant
         n.1.2 †Elephas melitensis Falconer, 1862 - Maltese dwarf elephant
         n.1.3 †Elephas creutzburgi (Kuss, 1965)
         n.1.4 †Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis, Theodorou & Giannopoulos, 2000