Elephant
Species Name: Loxodonta africana
Common Name: African Elephant
Group Name: Herd or Parade
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Infraorder:
Suborder: Elephantoidea
Family: Elephantidae
Subfamily: Elephantinae
Genus: Loxodonta
There are three different species of Elephant – the African Savannah Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant.
Elephants are the world’s largest land animal with the male African Elephants being the largest.