- Metazoa - (superphylum)
- Chordata - (phylum)
- Vertebrata - (subphylum)
- Mammalia - (class)
- Theria - (subclass)
- Eutheria - (metaclass)
- Proboscidea - (order)
- Elephantidae - (family)
- Loxodonta africana - (species)
- Loxodonta cyclotis - (species)
- Elephas maximus - (species)
- Elephantidae - (family)
- Proboscidea - (order)
- Eutheria - (metaclass)
- Theria - (subclass)
- Mammalia - (class)
- Vertebrata - (subphylum)
- Chordata - (phylum)