Elephant Beauty Pageant, Chitwan District, Nepal

The African elephant genus contains two or, arguably, three living species; whereas the Asian elephant species is the only surviving member of the Asian elephant genus, but can be divided into four subspecies. The African and the Asian elephant diverged from a common ancestor some 7.6 million years ago.
African elephant
The Elephants of the genus Loxodonta, known collectively as African elephants, are currently found in 37 countries in Africa.