Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Superorder Paenungulata Simpson, 1945 see Grandorder Paenungulata Simpson, 1945
                   Order Proboscidea Owen, 1859 - elephants
                     Superfamily †Moeritherioidea
                       Family Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
                         Genus Loxodonta Vigors, 1827 - African elephant
                           Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African bush elephant
                             1 Loxodonta africana oxyotis Matschie, 1900 see Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
                             2 Loxodonta africana cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) - forest elephant
                             3 Loxodonta africana africanaᵀ (Blumenbach, 1797) - bush elephant