Elephant

Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, the only family in the order Proboscidea that still exists today. Elephantidae has three living species: the Savannah Elephant and Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant) and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian Elephant). During the last ice age there were more species, which are now extinct.

References

• The Blindmen and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe