''Giraffa pygmaea'' is an extinct species of
giraffe
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus ''Giraffa''. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, ''Giraffa camelopardalis ...
from
Africa during the
Pliocene, and died out during the
Pleistocene about 0.781 million years ago.
References
Giraffa pygmaeaFossilworks.
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Pliocene even-toed ungulates
Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
Pleistocene mammals of Africa
Prehistoric giraffes