Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Animalia
– Animal, animaux, animals |
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| Subkingdom | Bilateria
– triploblasts |
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| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia
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| Phylum | Chordata
– cordés, cordado, chordates |
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| Subphylum | Vertebrata
– vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates |
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| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata
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| Superclass | Tetrapoda
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| Class | Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
– mammifères, mamífero, mammals |
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| Subclass | Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
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| Infraclass | Eutheria Gill, 1872
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| Order | Proboscidea Illiger, 1811
– Elephants |
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| Family | Elephantidae Gray, 1821
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| Genus | Loxodonta Anonymous, 1827 – African Elephants |
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| Species | Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
– African savannah elephant, African elephant, African Bush Elephant | |
| Species | Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900)
– African Forest Elephant | |
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