Elephas - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The genus is assigned to the proboscidean family Elephantidae. This is a list of living and extinct species and subspecies of Elephas:

• Elephantidae
  • Genus Elephas (Eurasian elephants)
    • Species Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)
      • Subspecies Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant)
      • Subspecies Elephas maximus maximus (Sri Lankan elephant)
      • Subspecies Elephas maximus sumatranus (Sumatran elephant)
      • Subspecies Elephas maximus borneensis (Borneo elephant or Asian pygmy elephant) — proposed but not yet recognized as valid;
      • Subspecies Elephas maximus rubridens (Chinese elephant) †
      • Subspecies Elephas maximus asurus (Syrian elephant) †
    • Species Elephas beyeri †
    • Species Elephas celebensis (Sulawesi dwarf elephant) †
    • Species Elephas hysudricus †
    • Species Elephas hysudrindicus (Javan elephant) †
    • Species Elephas iolensis †
    • Species Elephas planifrons †
    • Species Elephas platycephalus †
    • Species Elephas recki †
      • Subspecies Elephas recki atavus †
      • Subspecies Elephas recki brumpti †
      • Subspecies Elephas recki ileretensis †
      • Subspecies Elephas recki illertensis †
      • Subspecies Elephas recki recki †
      • Subspecies Elephas recki shungurensis †
    • Subgenus Palaeoloxodon †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) tiliensis †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) creutzburgi †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) chaniensis †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cypriotes (Cyprus dwarf elephant)†;
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) ekorensis †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) falconeri (Sicilian dwarf elephant) †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) mnaidriensis †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) melitensis †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) namadicus †
      • Species Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) naumanni (Naumann's dwarf elephant) †