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Giraffoidea

Giraffoidea
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Holocene
Reconstruction of Sivatherium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Clade: Giraffomorpha
Superfamily: Giraffoidea
Gray, 1821
Families

Giraffoidea is a superfamily that includes the families Climacoceratidae, Prolibytheriidae, and Giraffidae. The only extant members in the superfamily are the giraffes and okapi. The Climacoceratidae are also placed in the superfamily, but were originally placed within the family Palaeomerycidae.

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