'''Proboscidea''' is an order of [[mammal]]s distinguished by an elongated facial trunk, of which the the three species of [[elephant]] are the only living examples. The order was proposed in 1811 by German entomologist and zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775 – 1813).
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'''Proboscidea''' is an order of [[mammal]]s distinguished by an elongated facial trunk, of which three species of [[elephant]] are the only living examples. The order was proposed in 1811 by German entomologist and zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775 – 1813).