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
Loxodonta africana africanaᵀ (Blumenbach, 1797) - bush elephant