There are a number of different races of Elves, Elvenkind or Mer, in Skyrim. There are four playable elven races:
- Dark Elves, or Dunmer
- High Elves, or Altmer
- Orcs, or Orsimer
- Wood Elves, or Bosmer
There is also one non-playable elven race, the Snow Elves or Falmer and the Dwemer or Deep Elves (aka Dwarves), though the latter are only mentioned.