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Sivatherium

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Sivatherium ("Shiva's beast") is an extinct genus of giraffid that ranged throughout Africa to the Indian Subcontinent. [1]

27 relations: Africa, Antler, Biology Letters, Bramatherium, Eye, Genus, Giraffidae, Himalayas, Holocene, Hugh Falconer, Hydaspitherium, Indian subcontinent, Madhya Pradesh, Muscle, Neck, Okapi, Ossicone, Pliocene, Proby Cautley, Rock art, Ruminant, Sahara, Shiva, Shoulder, Skull, Type species, Vishnutherium.

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Antler

Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the deer family.

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Biology Letters

Biology Letters is a peer-reviewed, biological, scientific journal published by the Royal Society.

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Bramatherium

Bramatherium (Brahma’s beast) is an extinct genus of giraffe that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia.

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Eye

Eyes are organs of the visual system.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Giraffidae

The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with cervids and bovids.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Hugh Falconer

Hugh Falconer MD FRS (29 February 1808 – 31 January 1865) was a Scottish geologist, botanist, palaeontologist, and paleoanthropologist.

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Hydaspitherium

Hydaspitherium is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyl.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.

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Neck

The neck is the part of the body, on many vertebrates, that separates the head from the torso.

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Okapi

The okapi (Okapia johnstoni), also known as the forest giraffe, congolese giraffe or zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.

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Ossicone

Ossicones are horn-like (or antler-like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes, male okapis, and their extinct relatives, such as Sivatherium, and the climacoceratids, such as Climacoceras.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP.

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Proby Cautley

Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, KCB (3 January 1802 – 25 January 1871), English engineer and palaeontologist, born in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, is best known for conceiving and supervising the construction of the Ganges canal during East India Company rule in India.

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Rock art

In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural stone; it is largely synonymous with parietal art.

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Ruminant

Ruminants are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.

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Sahara

The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى,, 'the Great Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Shoulder

The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.

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Skull

The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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Vishnutherium

Vishnutherium (Vishnu’s beast) is an extinct genus of Giraffidae.

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Redirects here:

Libytherium, Sivatherium giganteum, Sivatherium maurusium.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivatherium

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