Elephantiformes
| Elephantiformes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Suborder: | Elephantiformes Tassy, 1988 |
| Subgroups[1] | |
Elephantiformes is a suborder within the order Proboscidea that contains the elephants as well as their extinct relatives.[1]
References
- 1 2 Shoshani, J.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International. 126–128: 5. Bibcode:2005QuInt.126....5S. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011.
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