Proboscidea Illiger 1811

Synonyms: Proboscidiae Gray 1821; Probosciformes Kinman 1994 .

Families: 1 family with 2 genera and 3 species:

Family Elephantidae Gray 1821 (2 genera with 3 species and 3 subspecies)

Discussion: Traditionally (since Illiger, 1811) the category or rank of "Order" has been used for Proboscidea . In 1997 McKenna, Bell et al., following cladistic classification, proposed a new category – "Parvorder" for PROBOSCIDEA . For ‘stability’ I retained the ordinal category, even though the category parvorder conveys a cladistic message.