The nineteenth episode of the S1 Megafauna Series, because I added a more of extinct giraffids, living okapis and species and subspecies of giraffes with scientific names and statuses.
GIRAFFIDAE - are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids. This family, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, presently comprises only two extant genera, the giraffe (between one and eight, usually four, species of Giraffa, depending on taxonomic interpretation) and the okapi (the only known species of Okapia). Both are confined to sub-Saharan Africa: the giraffe to the open savannas, and the okapi to the dense rainforest of the Congo. The two genera look very different on first sight, but share a number of common features, including a long, dark-coloured tongue, lobed canine teeth, and horns covered in skin, called ossicones.
SIVATHERIINAE - is a subfamily of giraffids characterized by their robust size, short limbs, and the presence of large complicated ossicones in males.
These animals lived in Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe from the late Miocene and early Pleistocene.
-Masai Giraffe it is the largest-bodied giraffe species, making it the tallest land animal on Earth.
-Bohlinia Attica are the tallest extinct land artiodactyl and animal.
Credits: Enbiya Zengin & Sannimal Comparison
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