Giraffidae
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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 spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, presently
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Giraffe Mikumi National Park
Shansitherium and Palaeotragus microdon, two extinct giraffids from the Miocene of Asia
Skeletal illustration of Helladotherium, now extinct
Antilocapridae
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The Antilocapridae are a family of ruminant artiodactyls endemic to North America. Their closest extant relatives are the giraffids. Only one species, the pronghorn, is living today; all other members
Giraffidae
…lobed canine teeth, and horns covered in skin, called ossicones. The giraffids are ruminants of the clade Pecora. Other extant pecorans are the families Antilocapridae (pronghorns), Cervidae (deer), Moschidae (musk deer), and Bovidae (cattle, goats and sheep, wildebeests and allies, and antelopes). The exact…
Pronghorn antelope
Stockoceros conklingi skeleton