Elephant
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Elephant
The Taxonomy and phylogeny of Elephant The Taxonomy and phylogeny of Elephant. Elephants belong to the family Elephantidae, the sole remaining family within the order Proboscidea. which belongs to the superorder Afrotheria. Their closest extant relatives are the sirenians and the hyraxes, with which they share the clade Paenungulata within the superorder Afrotheria Elephants and sirenians are further grouped in the clade Tethytheria. Read more…