Sivatherium
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 Sivatherium giganteum
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Sivatherium ('Shiva beast)' is an extinct genus of giraffe that ranged through out Africa to Southern Asia (mostly India). The first species discovered in Africa, S. maursium, was once placed within the genus "Libytherium."
Sivatherium resembled the modern okapi, but was far larger, and more heavily built, being about 2.2 meters (7 ft 4 in) tall at the shoulder. It had a wide, antler-like pair of ossicones on its head, and a second pair of ossicones above its eyes. Its shoulders were very powerful to support the neck muscles required to lift the heavy skull.
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