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giraffid
📅 Updated:2018-12-30
🕒 Created:2018-07-08
🆔 ID:20439
Description
Giraffids, also known as the Giraffidae, are a family of mammals that share a common ancestor with cervids and bovids. While once widely present, they are mostly extinct and only currently comprise of two genera: the giraffe and the okapi. Both live within Africa.
The most common physical features giraffids share include long, dark-coloured tongues, lobed canine teeth, and horns covered in fur skin and fur known as ossicones. Most also have slightly elongated or very long necks, as well as gangly legs.
General anatomy
Species
Other rankings
- tag group:species
- mammal
- afrosoricid - Golden mole and tenrec.
- bovine - Buffalo, cattle, yak, etc.
- camelid - Alpaca, camel, llama, etc.
- canine - Dog, fox, wolf, etc.
- caprine - Goat, ibex, sheep, etc.
- cervine - Elk, moose, reindeer, etc.
- cetacean - Dolphin, porpoise, whale, etc.
- equine - Donkey, horse, zebra, etc.
- eulipotyphlan - Hedgehog, mole, shrew, etc.
- euplerid - Fanaloka, fossa, vontsira, etc.
- feline - Cat, lion, tiger, etc.
- giraffid - Giraffe, okapi, etc.
- herpestid - Mongoose
- lagomorph - Rabbit, hare, pika, etc.
- marsupial - Kangaroo, koala, opossum, etc.
- mephitid - Skunks and stink badgers.
- monotreme - Echidna and platypus
- mustelid - Ferret, otter, weasel, etc.
- pinniped - Sea lion, seal, walrus, etc.
- porcine - Boar, pig, warthog, etc.
- primate - Ape, lemur, monkey, etc. (excludes human)
- proboscidean - Elephant, mammoth, mastodon, etc.
- procyonid - Kinkajou, raccoon, ring-tailed cat, etc.
- rodent - Mouse, rat, squirrel, etc.
- ursine - Grizzly bear, panda, polar bear, etc.
- viverrid - Civet, genet, linsang, etc.
- xenarthran - Anteater, armadillo, and sloth.
