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Ossicones are
columnar or
conical skin-covered bone
structures on the
heads of giraffes, male okapi, and some of
their extinct relatives.
Ossicones are...
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protuberances on
their heads called ossicones, less than 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.
Females possess hair whorls, and
ossicones are absent.
Okapis are primarily...
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ossicones on
their foreheads; they are
longer and
larger than
those of
southern giraffes. Bull
Northern giraffes have a
third cylindrical ossicone in...
- and
prevent sunburn. On top of the head are two bony
structures called ossicones which are
covered by
thick skin and have dark hair on the tips. These...
- deer), have one of four
types of
cranial appendages: true horns, antlers,
ossicones, or pronghorns. True
horns have a bone core that is
covered in a permanent...
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calcification Mechanostat, a
model describing ossification and bone loss
Ossicone, the horn-like (or antler-like)
protuberances on the
heads of giraffes...
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distinguishing characteristics are its
extremely long neck and legs, horn-like
ossicones, and
spotted coat patterns. It is
classified under the
family Giraffidae...
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single species, L. sherkana,
known from a
partial skull and
fragmentary ossicones. Lyra may be a
member of the
subfamily Sivatheriinae. If this classification...
- dark-coloured tongue,
lobed canine teeth, and
horns covered in skin,
called ossicones. The
giraffids are
ruminants of the
clade Pecora.
Other extant pecorans...
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harder to spot, is the
number of
ossicones on the head. This is the only
Giraffa phenotype to be born with five
ossicones. Two of
these are the
larger and...
