NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Giraffidae

The biological family Giraffidae contains just two members, the Giraffe and the Okapi. Both are confined to sub-saharan Africa: the Giraffe to the open savannas, and the Okapi to the dense rainforest of the Congo. The two species look very different on first sight, but share a number of common features, including a long, dark-coloured tongue, lobed canine teeth, and horns covered in skin. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Female giraffe with calf, in Kenya. ... Binomial name Okapia johnstoni (P.L. Sclater, 1901) The Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is one of the two remaining species of family Giraffidae, the second being the Giraffe. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and 3rd most populous. ...

The closest relatives of the Giraffidae are the other members of the suborder Ruminantia, which include cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope. Families Tragulidae Moschidae Cervidae Giraffidae Antilocapridae Bovidae The biological suborder Ruminantia includes many of the well-known large grazing or browsing mammals: among them cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and antelope. ...

Fossil records indicate that they have first appeared in the late stages of the Oligocene. The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ...

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Families Suidae Tayassuidae Hippopotamidae The Suina contains the earliest and most archaic Artiodactyla. ... Species Lama glama Lama pacos Lama guanicoe Vicugna vicugna Camelus dromedarius Camelus bactrianus The four llamas and two camels are camelids: members of the biological family Camelidae, the only family in the suborder Tylopoda. ... Families Tragulidae Moschidae Cervidae Giraffidae Antilocapridae Bovidae The biological suborder Ruminantia includes many of the well-known large grazing or browsing mammals: among them cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and antelope. ... The four species of chevrotain, also known as mouse deer, make up the family Tragulidae. ... The four species of musk deer make up the family Moschidae. ... Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ... Female giraffe with calf, in Kenya. ... Binomial name Okapia johnstoni (P.L. Sclater, 1901) The Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is one of the two remaining species of family Giraffidae, the second being the Giraffe. ... Binomial name Antilocapra americana Ord, 1815 The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae, and the fastest land animal in North America running at speeds up to 54 mph (90 km/h). ... Subfamilies Bovinae Cephalophinae Hippotraginae Antilopinae Caprinae A bovid is any of almost 140 species of cloven-hoofed mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. ... shrunken version of Arpingstones original File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Female giraffe with calf, in Kenya. ...