List of elephant species

Asian elephant, Tetralophodon, Gomphotherium, Palaeomastodon, and Moeritherium

The list of elephant species includes all known extant and extinct (†) species from the Elephantidae family.

• 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 or Supergenus Elephadon
      • 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
          • Subspecies ? †Elephas maximus rubridens (Chinese elephant)
          • 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)
        • 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
        • Species †Mammuthus armeniacus (jr synonym = Mammuthus trogontherii, Mammuthus sungari))
  • Tribe Belodontini †
    • Subtribe Belodontina †
      • Genus Tetrabelodon †
      • Genus Stegotetrabelodon †
      • Genus Stegodibelodon †
• Subfamilia Stegodontinae †
  • Genus Stegodon †
    • Species Stegodon aurorae †
    • Species Stegodon elephantoides †
    • Species Stegodon florensis †
    • Species Stegodon ganesha †
    • Species Stegodon insignis †
    • Species Stegodon orientalis †
    • Species Stegodon shinshuensis †
    • Species Stegodon sompoensis †
    • Species Stegodon sondaarii †
    • Species Stegodon trigonocephalus †
    • Species Stegodon zdanski †
• Subfamilia Lophodontinae or Rhynchotheriinae†
  • Genus Anancus †
    • Species Anancus alexeevae †
    • Species Anancus arvernensis †
    • Species Anancus kenyensis †
  • Genus Morrillia †
  • Tribe Lophodontini (Lophodonty) †
    • Subtribe Lophodontina †
      • Genus Tetralophodon †
      • Genus Paratetralophodon †
      • Genus Zygolophodon †
  • Tribe Cuvieroniini †
    • Genus Stegomastodon †
      • Species Stegomastodon arizonae †
      • Species Stegomastodon mirificus †
      • Species Stegomastodon platensis †
      • Species Stegomastodon primitivus †
      • Species Stegomastodon waringi †
    • Genus Cuvieronius †
      • Species Cuvieronius hyodon †
      • Species Cuvieronius priestleyi †
      • Species Cuvieronius tropicus †

Further reading

• Wikisource: "The Blindmen and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe
• External link to national geographics elephant rage episode of Explorer
• Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 (2003) 421–434