Dichotomous Key/Proboscidea
| Proboscidea | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Subclass | Placentalia |
| Order | Proboscidea |
Information related to Proboscidea Wikipedia • Wikispecies • Wikicommons | |
| Parent key: Mammalia |
| Subclasses |
|---|
| Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia |
| Key: Mammalia |
| Orders |
| Afrosoricida - Artiodactyla - Carnivora - Cetacea - Chiroptera - Dermoptera - Insectivora - Lagomorpha - Macroselidae - Marsupialia - Monotremata - Perissodactyla - Pholidota - Primates - Proboscidea - Rodentia - Scandentia - Sirenia - Xenarthra |
1
- Fingers at tip of trunk
- One - 2
- Two - Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus
2: Loxodonta
- Ear shape
- Rounded - African savannah elephant, Loxodonta africana
- Pointed - African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis