Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
   Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
     Subfamily Elephantinae Gray, 1821
       Genus Loxodonta Vigors, 1827 - African elephant
         1 †Loxodonta adaurora Maglio, 1970 see Mammuthus subplanifrons (H.F. Osborn, 1928)
         2 †Loxodonta cookei Sanders, 2007
         3 †Loxodonta exoptata (Dietrich, 1941)
         4 †Loxodonta atlantica (Pomel, 1879)
         5 Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African bush elephant
         6 Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) - African forest elephant see Loxodonta africana cyclotis (Matschie, 1900)