elephant: Classification
Classification
Elephants are the only living representatives of their order, which was once widespread over most of the world; it included the mammoth and the mastodon. Elephants are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Proboscidae, family Elephantidae.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Classification
- Elephants and Humans
- Indian and African Elephants
- Bibliography
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