shifted from a browse-dominated diet towards mixed feeding or grazing.

Classification

Below is a taxonomy of proboscidean genera as of 2019.

*Order Proboscidea Illiger, 1811
**+Eritherium Gheerbrant, 2009
**+Moeritherium Andrews, 1901
**+Saloumia Tabuce et al., 2019
**+Family Numidotheriidae Shoshani & Tassy, 1992
***+Phosphatherium