GIRAFFIDAE, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5719821 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6632285 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F7D71-A96E-AD1F-0CA3-FDEC70DCD83D |
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Conny |
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GIRAFFIDAE |
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Family GIRAFFIDAE View in CoL (GIRAFFE AND OKAPI)
• Large ruminants with pair of horn-like protuberances called ossicones on the skull, characteristically long neck, and long, slender limbs.
• 200-500 cm. View Figure
• Afrotropical Region. View Figure
• Savanna woodland and dense rainforest.
• 2 genera, 2 species, 10 taxa.
• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
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