Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Mammalia [classis]
Proboscidea [ordo]
Elephantidae [familia]
Loxodonta [genus]
Genus Loxodonta Cuvier, 1825 contains the following taxa:
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797 [species]