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Bramatherium (Brahma’s beast) is an extinct genus of giraffids that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium.

Bramatherium

Temporal range: Late Miocene-Pliocene

Bramatherium
Bramatherium perimense skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Bramatherium

Falconer, 1845

Conservation Status
Extinct Status
Species
  • B. perimense (type) Falconer 1845
  • B. progressus
  • B. giganteus(Khan and Sarwar 2002)
  • B. megacephalum(Lydekker 1876)
  • B. grande(Lydekker 1880)
  • B. magnum(Pilgrim 1910)
  • B. suchoviGodina 1977

Etymology

The first part of the generic name, Brahma (Sanskrit masculine 'brahman-', nominative 'brahmā' ब्रह्मा), is in reference to the Hindu god of creation. The second part, "therium", comes from the Greek word θηρίον (transliterated therion), meaning 'beast'.

Bramatheriums

Bramatherium Perimense skull


Description[]

Bramatherium was built very similarly to Sivatherium. Alive, it would have resembled a heavily built okapi and had a crown-like set of four, radiating ossicones.

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