Giraffidae

Also known as: Girafen, Girafes et okapis, Giraffdjur, Giraffe and okapi, Giraffe e okapi, Giraffen en Okapi's, Giraffenartige, Giraffer

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Giraffidae
Published in	London Med. Repos. vol.15 p.307
Genera	18
Species records held	46
Descendant taxa (GBIF)	102
GBIF key	5299

Genera in Giraffidae

Giraffa — 15 species: Giraffa camelopardalis, Giraffa giraffa, Giraffa hagenbecki, Giraffa infumata, Giraffa jumae, Giraffa pomeli, Giraffa priscilla, Giraffa punjabiensis
Samotherium — 7 species: Samotherium africanus, Samotherium boissieri, Samotherium major, Samotherium neumayri, Samotherium pamiri, Samotherium sinense, Samotherium tafeli
Palaeotragus — 6 species: Palaeotragus germaini, Palaeotragus lavocati, Palaeotragus primaevus, Palaeotragus quadricornis, Palaeotragus robinsoni, Palaeotragus roueni
Decennatherium — 3 species: Decennatherium macedoniae, Decennatherium pachecoi, Decennatherium rex
Injanatherium — 2 species: Injanatherium arabicum, Injanatherium hazimi
Afrikanokeryx — 1 species: Afrikanokeryx leakeyi
Bohlinia — 1 species: Bohlinia adoumi
Canthumeryx — 1 species: Canthumeryx sirtensis
Georgiomeryx — 1 species: Georgiomeryx georgalasi
Giraffokeryx — 1 species: Giraffokeryx punjabiensis
Helladotherium — 1 species: Helladotherium duvernoyi
Honanotherium — 1 species: Honanotherium bernori
Indratherium — 1 species: Indratherium compressus
Libytherium — 1 species: Libytherium maurusium
Okapia — 1 species: Okapia johnstoni
Palaeogiraffa — 1 species: Palaeogiraffa major
Sivatherium — 1 species: Sivatherium hendeyi
Umbrotherium — 1 species: Umbrotherium azzarolii

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Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.

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