Elephantidae secara tidak formal dimasukkan dalam '''keluarga gajah''' atau [[paleobiological]] dalam konteks sebagai gajah atau mamut. nama umum [[gajah]] lebih sering mengacu pada spesies yang masih ada, gajah moderen, tapi bisa juga mengacu pada spesies yang sudah punah.
are classified informally as the '''elephant family''', or in a [[paleobiological]] context as elephants and mammoths. The [[common name]] [[elephant]] primarily refers to the living taxa, the modern elephants, but may also refer to a variety of extinct species, in this family and others (see [[Elephant (disambiguation)]]). Other members of Elaphantidae, especially members of ''Mammuthus'', are referred to by the common name [[mammoth]].
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InDimasa the pastlalu, avariasi muchgenus widerdan varietyspesies oflebih generaluas and species were foundlagi, including thetermasuk [[mammoth]]sanddan [[stegodon]]s.<ref>Todd, N. E. (2001). [http://www.cq.rm.cnr.it/elephants2001/pdf/693_697.pdf African ''Elephas recki'': time, space and taxonomy] (pdf). In: Cavarretta, G., P. Gioia, M. Mussi, and M. R. Palombo. The World of Elephants, Proceedings of the 1st International Congress. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Rome, Italy.</ref><ref>Todd, N. E. (2005). Reanalysis of African Elephas recki: implications for time, space and taxonomy. Quaternary International 126-128:65-72.</ref>