Living Beings

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    Loxodonta africana

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    Source-identified Loxodonta africana; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    African Savanna Elephant · Hobbyfotowiki · CC0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassMammalia
    6. OrderProboscidea
    7. FamilyElephantidae
    8. GenusLoxodonta
    9. SpeciesLoxodonta africana
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Deuterostomia clade
    8. Chordata phylum
    9. Craniata subphylum
    10. Vertebrata clade
    11. Gnathostomata clade
    12. Teleostomi clade
    13. Euteleostomi clade
    14. Sarcopterygii superclass
    15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
    16. Tetrapoda clade
    17. Amniota clade
    18. Mammalia class
    19. Theria clade
    20. Eutheria clade
    21. Afrotheria superorder
    22. Proboscidea order
    23. Elephantidae family
    24. Loxodonta genus
    25. Loxodonta africana species

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    No direct child records in this snapshot.

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Loxodonta africana; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Species · Loxodonta

    African Savanna Elephant

    Loxodonta africana

    The African savanna elephant is a large, social herbivore whose trunk serves as a nose, a drinking tool and a remarkably precise …