Sivatheriinae

Sivatheriinae is a subfamily of giraffids characterized by their robust size, short limbs, and the presence of large complicated ossicones in males.[2] These animals lived in Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe from the late Miocene and early Pleistocene.[1]

Sivatheriinae
Sivatherium reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Giraffidae
Subfamily:Sivatheriinae
Zittel, 1893
Genera[1]

Sivatheres may include subtaxa Bramatherium, Hydaspitherium, Indratherium, and Sivatherium.[1]

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