- The
Giraffidae are a
family of
ruminant artiodactyl mammals that
share a
recent common ancestor with deer and bovids. This family, once a
diverse group...
- 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...
- The
suborder Ruminantia includes six
different families: Tragulidae,
Giraffidae, Antilocapridae, Cervidae, Moschidae, and Bovidae. The
first fossil ruminants...
-
Pecora began and the five
families appeared (Bovidae, Cervidae, Moschidae,
Giraffidae, and Antilocapridae). The
appearance of many
Pecoran fossils during the...
- some
members of the
superfamily Giraffoidea,
which includes the
family Giraffidae (to
which giraffes, okapi, and
extinct relatives belong) and the entirely...
- ossicones, and
spotted coat patterns. It is
classified under the
family Giraffidae,
along with its
closest extant relative, the okapi. Its
scattered range...
-
ruminants of the
clade Pecora.
Other extant pecorans are the
families Giraffidae (giraffes),
Cervidae (deer),
Moschidae (musk deer), and
Bovidae (cattle...
-
dietary evaluations of an
extinct giraffid (Sivatherium hendeyi) (Mammalia,
Giraffidae, Sivatheriinae) from Langebaanweg,
South Africa (Early Pliocene). OCLC 631971239...
- Antilocapridae:
pronghorn (one species)
Family †Climacoceratidae
Family Giraffidae:
okapi and four
species of
giraffe (five
species total)
Family †Hoplitomerycidae...
- Palaeomerycidae, and then
within Giraffidae. In 1978, W. R.
Hamilton erected a new family,
placing it
close to
Giraffidae within the
superfamily Giraffoidea...
