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Elephas maximus indicus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas indicus was named by Cuvier (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Elephas maximus indicus by Chasen (1940), Shoshani and Eisenberg (1982), Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. iolensis, E. kiangnanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Elephas indicus Cuvier
1940Elephas maximus indicus Chasen
1982Elephas maximus indicus Shoshani and Eisenberg p. 1
2005Elephas maximus indicus Wilson and Reeder

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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
subspeciesindicus(Cuvier 1798)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available