From a cladogram, elephants mammals of the family Elephantidae and from a cladogram under the order of Proboscidea. Also, from the cladogram, we can see that Proboscidea are closely related to Hyracoidea. Among the modern mammals, Hyrax is the most appropriate one which has some characteristics similar to elephants. Hyrax is a herbivous mammal, also called dassies, which is under the order of Hyracoidea.
