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
Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - Asian elephant
1 Elephas maximus maximusᵀ Linnaeus, 1758
2 Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier, 1798
3 Elephas maximus sumatranus Temminck, 1847