Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
   Suborder Elephantoidea Osborn, 1921 see Suborder Elephantiformes (Tassy, 1988)
     Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
       Subfamily Elephantinae Gray, 1821
         Genus Loxodonta Vigors, 1827 - African elephant
           1 †Loxodonta exoptata (Dietrich, 1941)
           1.n †Loxodonta atlantica (Pomel, 1879)
           1.n.n Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African bush elephant