Information about Giraffidae
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Okapia ''Giraffa | ||||||||||
The biological family Giraffidae contains just two living members, the giraffe and the okapi. 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 species 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".
The closest relatives of the Giraffidae are the other members of the suborder Ruminantia, which include cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope.
Fossil records indicate that they first appeared in the early middle Miocene.
- ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
- Suborder Suina: pigs, hippos and peccaries
- Suborder Tylopoda: camels and llamas
- Suborder Ruminantia
- Infraorder Tragulina
- Family Tragulidae: chevrotains
- Infraorder Pecora
- Family Moschidae: musk deer
- Family Cervidae: deer
- Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorn
- Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope
- Superfamily Giraffoidea
- Family Climacoceratidae
- †Climacoceras
- Family Giraffidae
- †Bohlinia
- Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
- †Giraffokeryx
- †Helladotherium
- Okapi, Okapia johnstoni
- †Paleotragus
- †Sivatherium
- †Samotherium
- (and many other genera)
) | ) Skeleton of Helladotherium, now extinct |
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The Miocene Epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23.03 to 5.332 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the start and end are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are uncertain.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758
Subclasses & Infraclasses
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Linnaeus, 1758
Subclasses & Infraclasses
- Subclass †Allotheria*
- Subclass Prototheria
- Subclass Theria
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Artiodactyla*
Owen, 1848
Families
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
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Owen, 1848
Families
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
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John Edward Gray
Born January 12 1800
Walsall, England
Died March 07 1875 (aged 75)
Nationality British
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Born January 12 1800
Walsall, England
Died March 07 1875 (aged 75)
Nationality British
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Okapia
Lankester, 1901
Species: O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni
(P.L.
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Lankester, 1901
Species: O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni
(P.L.
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Okapia
Lankester, 1901
Species: O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni
(P.L.
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Lankester, 1901
Species: O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni
(P.L.
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Okapia
Lankester, 1901
Species: O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni
(P.L.
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Lankester, 1901
Species: O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni
(P.L.
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Motto
Justice – Paix – Travail (French)
"Justice – Peace – Work"
Anthem
Debout Congolais
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Justice – Paix – Travail (French)
"Justice – Peace – Work"
Anthem
Debout Congolais
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ossicone" refers to the horn-like (or antler-like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes, male okapis, and their extinct relatives, such as Sivatherium, and Climacoceras.
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Ruminantia
Scopoli, 1777
Families
Tragulidae
Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
The biological suborder Ruminantia
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Scopoli, 1777
Families
Tragulidae
Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
The biological suborder Ruminantia
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The Miocene Epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23.03 to 5.332 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the start and end are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are uncertain.
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Suina
Gray, 1868
Families
Suidae
Tayassuidae
?Hippopotamidae
Entelodontidae †
?Merycoidodontidae †
The suborder Suina (also known as Suiformes
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Gray, 1868
Families
Suidae
Tayassuidae
?Hippopotamidae
Entelodontidae †
?Merycoidodontidae †
The suborder Suina (also known as Suiformes
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Usually a suborder of order Artiodactyla, containing some families, like the Camelidae, Protoceratidae, Oreodontidae, Xiphodontidae, Cainotheriidae, among others.
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- redirect Camelid
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Ruminantia
Scopoli, 1777
Families
Tragulidae
Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
The biological suborder Ruminantia
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Scopoli, 1777
Families
Tragulidae
Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
The biological suborder Ruminantia
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Tragulidae
Milne-Edwards, 1864
Genera
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Milne-Edwards, 1864
Genera
- Hyemoschus
- Moschiola
- Tragulus
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Pecora
Flower, 1883
Families
Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
The Pecora is a group of hoofed mammals that comprises most of the ruminants, including cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, deer,
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Flower, 1883
Families
Moschidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Antilocapridae
Bovidae
The Pecora is a group of hoofed mammals that comprises most of the ruminants, including cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, deer,
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Moschidae
(Gray, 1821)
Genus: Moschus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
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(Gray, 1821)
Genus: Moschus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
- Moschus chrysogaster - Himalayan Musk Deer
- Moschus moschiferus - Siberian Musk Deer
- Moschus berezovskii
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Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Antilocapridae
Owen, 1841
Genera
See text.
Antilocapridae is a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America. Only one species, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), is living today; all other members of the family are extinct.
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Owen, 1841
Genera
See text.
Antilocapridae is a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America. Only one species, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), is living today; all other members of the family are extinct.
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Bovidae
Gray, 1821
Subfamilies
Bovinae
Cephalophinae
Hippotraginae
Antilopinae
Caprinae
Reduncinae
Aepycerotinae
Peleinae
Alcelaphinae
Panthalopinae
A bovid
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Gray, 1821
Subfamilies
Bovinae
Cephalophinae
Hippotraginae
Antilopinae
Caprinae
Reduncinae
Aepycerotinae
Peleinae
Alcelaphinae
Panthalopinae
A bovid
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Climacoceras
MacInnes, 1936
Species
Climacoceras
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MacInnes, 1936
Species
- C. africanus (type) MacInnes, 1936
- C. gentryi Hamilton, 1978
Climacoceras
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Climacoceras
MacInnes, 1936
Species
Climacoceras
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MacInnes, 1936
Species
- C. africanus (type) MacInnes, 1936
- C. gentryi Hamilton, 1978
Climacoceras
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