Elephant taxonomy

Traduction :
The elephants :
There are three species of elephants, two in Africa and one in Asia, these species are then separated into 7 distinct subspecies mainly distinguishable by their facies.
African elephants :
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) are the two species of African elephants.
There is also a subspecies, the West African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana oxyotis).
Asian elephants:
The Asian elephant is the only Asian species, it is divided into four subspecies, the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), the Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus), the Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and the Borneo elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis).