Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
       Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
         Genus Loxodonta Vigors, 1827 - African elephant
           1 Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African bush elephant
           2 Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) - African forest elephant see Loxodonta africana cyclotis (Matschie, 1900)