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
           1 ?†Elephas beyeri von Koenigswald, 1956
           2 †Elephas nawatensis nom. null. see Elephas nawataensis Tassy, 2003
           2.n †Elephas ekorensis Maglio, 1970
           2.n.n.1.1 †Elephas planifrons Falconer & Cautley, 1845
           2.n.n.1.1.n.1 †Elephas celebensis (Hooijer, 1949)
           2.n.n.1.1.n.2 †Elephas platycephalus Osborn, 1929
           2.n.n.1.2 †Elephas hysudricus Falconer & Cautley, 1845
           2.n.n.1.2.n.1 †Elephas hysudrindicus Dubois, 1908
           2.n.n.1.2.n.1.n Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - Asian elephant
           2.n.n.1.2.n.2 †Elephas iolensis Pomel, 1895
           2.n.n.2 Subgenus Paleoloxodon nom. null. see Subgenus Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924