The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids. This family, once a diverse group spread...
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some members of the superfamily Giraffoidea, which includes the family Giraffidae (to which giraffes, okapi, and extinct relatives belong) and the entirely...
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The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and has...
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Pecora began and the five families appeared (Bovidae, Cervidae, Moschidae, Giraffidae, and Antilocapridae). The appearance of many Pecoran fossils during the...
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superfamily that includes the families Climacoceratidae, Prolibytheriidae, and Giraffidae. The only extant members in the superfamily are the giraffes and okapi...
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Palaeomerycidae, and then within Giraffidae. In 1978, W. R. Hamilton erected a new family, placing it close to Giraffidae within the superfamily Giraffoidea...
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(Palaeomerycidae) and Giraffoidea (Giraffidae, Prolibytheriidae and Climacoceratidae), of which the giraffe and okapi of the Giraffidae are the only extant members...
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astronomer and B. Bohlin wrote a paper about the Giraffidae family (Bohlin, B., 1926. Die Familie Giraffidae mit besonderen Berucksichtgung der fossilen Formen...
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Samotherium ("beast of Samos") is an extinct genus of Giraffidae from the Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia and Africa. Samotherium had two ossicones on...
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Birgerbohlinia is an extinct genus of Giraffidae. It was first named by Crusafont Pairó and Villalta in 1951 and was found in Crevillente-2 (Alicante,...
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The suborder Ruminantia includes six different families: Tragulidae, Giraffidae, Antilocapridae, Cervidae, Moschidae, and Bovidae. The first fossil ruminants...
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ruminants of the clade Pecora. Other extant pecorans are the families Giraffidae (giraffes), Cervidae (deer), Moschidae (musk deer), and Bovidae (cattle...
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Vishnutherium Geraads, Denis, and Erksin Güleç. "A Bramatherium skull (Giraffidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Kavakdere (Central Turkey). Biogeographic...
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List of artiodactyls (section Family Giraffidae)
Ruminantia contains six families, Antilocapridae, Bovidae, Cervidae, Giraffidae, Moschidae, and Tragulidae, and includes ruminant animals such as cattle...
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Bohlinia is an extinct genus of the artiodactyl family Giraffidae that lived during the Late Miocene in Eurasia and Africa. It was first named by the paleontologist...
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Antilocapridae: pronghorn (one species) Family †Climacoceratidae Family Giraffidae: okapi and four species of giraffe (five species total) Family †Hoplitomerycidae...
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ossicones, and spotted coat patterns. It is classified under the family Giraffidae, along with its closest extant relative, the okapi. Its scattered range...
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Antilocapridae (pronghorns) Bovidae (cattle, goats, antelopes etc.). Giraffidae: Giraffids have a pair of skin covered bony bumps on their heads, called...
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dietary evaluations of an extinct giraffid (Sivatherium hendeyi) (Mammalia, Giraffidae, Sivatheriinae) from Langebaanweg, South Africa (Early Pliocene). OCLC 631971239...
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Vishnutherium (Vishnu's beast) is an extinct genus of the Giraffidae. It was first named by Lydekker in 1876. Its fossils have been found in India. Vishnutherium...
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Propalaeomeryx is an extinct genus of giraffidae. It was first named by Lydekker in 1883. Propalaeomeryx at the Paleobiology Database v t e...
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dromomerycids lack the sutures on the skull roof that giraffomorphs (Giraffidae, Palaeomerycidae, Climacoceratidae) have for ossicone features. The similar...
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Giraffa jumae is an extinct species of even-toed ungulate in the Giraffidae family. The species ranged from Malawi to Chad with a possible occurrence of...
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were related to giraffes, and the genus was formerly placed within the Giraffidae, but is now placed in the Climacoceratidae, a sister group within the...
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Indratherium is an extinct genus of giraffidae with only one specie (Indratherium compressus) that lived during the Pleistocene epoch in Pakistan. I. compressus...
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Antilocapridae Giraffidae Moschidae Tragulidae Cervidae Large family listed below Bovidae Large family listed below...
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Antilocapridae Giraffidae Moschidae Tragulidae Cervidae Large family listed below Bovidae Large family listed below...
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Antilocapridae Giraffidae Moschidae Tragulidae Cervidae Large family listed below Bovidae Large family listed below...
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(2024). "A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan". Palaeontologia Electronica. 27...
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the world, volume 2. Barcelona (Spain): Lynx Edicions; c2011. Family Giraffidae, Hoofed Mammals; p. 788-802. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Somali...
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