List of elephantids

The list of elephantids includes all known extant and extinct (†) elephant species from the Elephantidae family. These animals are referred to as elephants and mammoths, or elephantids collectively.

• Subfamilia Elephantinae
  • Tribe Elephantini (elephants)
    • Genus †Primelephas
      • Species †Primelephas gomphotheroides
      • Species †Primelephas korotorensis
    • Subtribe Loxodontina
      • Genus Loxodonta
        • Species Loxodonta africana
          • Subspecies Loxodonta africana africana (African bush elephant)
          • Subspecies †Loxodonta africana pharaonensis (North African elephant)
        • Species Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephant)
    • Subtribe Elephantina
      • 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)
          • Subspecies ? Vietnam elephant and Laos elephant[note 1]
          • Subspecies ? †Elephas maximus rubridens (Chinese elephant)[note 2]
          • Subspecies †Elephas maximus asurus (Syrian elephant)
        • Species †Elephas beyeri
        • Species †Elephas celebensis
        • Species †Elephas hysudricus (jr synonym = Hypselephas hysudricus)
        • Species †Elephas iolensis
        • Species †Elephas planifrons (jr synonym = Mammuthus planifrons)
        • Species †Elephas platycephalus
        • Species †Elephas recki
        • Subgenus †Palaeoloxodon
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) creticus
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) creutzburgi
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) chaniensis
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cypriotes
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) ekorensis
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) falconeri
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) mnaidriensis
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) melitensis
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) namadicus
          • Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) naumanni
      • Genus †Mammuthus (Mammoths)
        • Species †Mammuthus africanavus (African mammoth) †
        • Species †Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth) (jr synonym = Mammuthus jeffersonii)[1]
        • Species †Mammuthus exilis (Pygmy mammoth)
        • Species †Mammuthus imperator (American mammoth)
        • Species †Mammuthus lamarmorae (Sardinian Dwarf mammoth)
        • Species †Mammuthus meridionalis (Southern mammoth)
        • Species †Mammuthus primigenius (Woolly mammoth)
        • Species †Mammuthus subplanifrons (South African mammoth)
        • Species †Mammuthus armeniacus (jr synonym = Mammuthus trogontherii, Mammuthus sungari)[2])
      • Genus Stegotetrabelodon †
      • Genus Stegodibelodon †

Asian elephant, Tetralophodon, Gomphotherium, Palaeomastodon, and Moeritherium

References

1. The Paleobiology Database Mammuthus columbi entry accessed on 2009-08-16
2. GuangBiao Wei; SongMei Hu; KeFu Yu; YaMei Hou; Xin Li; ChangZhu Jin; Yuan Wang; JianXin Zhao; WenHua Wang (2010). "New materials of the steppe mammoth, Mammuthus trogontherii, with discussion on the origin and evolutionary patterns of mammoths". Science China Earth Sciences. 53 (7): 956–963. Bibcode:2010ScChD..53..956W. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4001-4. S2CID 129568366.

Notes

1. The elephant population in Vietnam and Laos is undergoing tests to determine if it is a fifth living subspecies.
2. May be classified within the Palaeoloxodon genus.

Further reading

• Wikisource: "The Blindmen and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe
• Shoshani, J. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• External link to national geographics elephant rage episode of Explorer
• Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 (2003) 421–434