Fact Sheet Common Name: African Elephant Scientific name: Laxodonta Africana Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Genus: Luxodonta Species: Africana Where to Find the African Elephant Found in Congo Kitunyaro, Maasai Steppe, Samburu, Zambezi. They live in nearly any habitat that has adequate quantities of food and water characteristics, from dense forests to