Progiraffa
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: †Progiraffa

Progiraffa is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyls from the Early Miocene of Pakistan.[1] It was first named by Pilgrim in 1908. It resembled more like a horse instead of an giraffe. It may have fed on vegetation found in its open-field habitat.

References

  1. ^ Aftab, Kiran; Khan, Muhammad Akbar; Ahmad, Zaheer; Akhtar, Muhammad (2016-04-02). "Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 40 (2): 207–215. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295. ISSN 0311-5518.

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