| Sivatheriinae | |
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| Sivatherium reconstruction | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sivatheriinae Zittel, 1893 |
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Sivatheriinae is an extinct 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.
Sivatheres may include subtaxa Bramatherium, Hydaspitherium, Indratherium, Lyra, and Sivatherium.
References
- ^ "Subfamily Sivatheriinae". Paleobiology Database.
- Hamilton, H.R. (May 9, 1978). "Fossil Giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a Revision of the Phylogeny of the Giraffoidea". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 283 (996). London, UK: The Royal Society Publishing: 165–229. Bibcode:1978RSPTB.283..165H. doi:10.1098/rstb.1978.0019. JSTOR 2417982.
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| Sivatheriinae | |