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Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas maximus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Subspecies
E. hirsutus, E. indicus, E. maximus, E. sumatranus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. iolensis, E. kiangnanensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Elephas maximus Linnaeus p. 33
1797Elephas asiaticus Blumenbach
1811Elephas gigas Perry
1902Elephas maximus Hay p. 712
1903Elephas maximus Andrews p. 103
1911Elephas maximus Thomas p. 131
1936Elephas maximus Allen p. 16
1982Elephas maximus Shoshani and Eisenberg p. 1
2005Elephas maximus Wilson and Reeder
2006Elephas maximus Rogaev et al.
2010Elephas maximus Rohland et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusElephas
speciesmaximus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758 [Asian elephant]
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Elephas maximus hirsutus Lydekker 1914 [Malaysian elephant]
Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus 1758 [Sri Lankan elephant]
Elephas maximus sumatranus Temminck 1847 [Sumatran elephant]
Invalid names: Elephas asiaticus Blumenbach 1797 [synonym], Elephas gigas Perry 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available