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Order ProboscideaDomain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria Metaphylum Enterocoelous Coelomates Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Subclass Theria Infraclass Eutheria Order Proboscidea This group contains the elephants and related extinct mammoths and mastodons. They are massive ungulates, with two upper incisors elongated as tusks, and the nose and upper lip modified as a proboscis. Greek: proboskis, trunk. (Dorit et al, 1991) |