Here's the thing. You said a "hylian is an elf"

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies elves, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls hylians elves. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "elf family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of "Fictional gay stuff", which includes things from mario to blue navi to sonic.

So your reasoning for calling a hylian an elf is because random people "call the nintendo ones elves?" Let's get machamp and meowth in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A hylian is a hylian and a member of the elf family. But that's not what you said. You said a hylian is an elf, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the elf family elves, which means you'd call blue navi, kirby, and other video game characters elves, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?