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
           Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African bush elephant
             1 Loxodonta africana africanaᵀ (Blumenbach, 1797) - bush elephant
             2 Loxodonta africana cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) - forest elephant