| Elephants Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent | |
|---|---|
| African elephant in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae Gray, 1821 |
| Genera | |