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Sivatherium is a genus of large animal related to the giraffe subspecies of the savanna and the okapi of the rainforest, that lived in Africa & India during the late Pliocene to the early Holocene. It went extinct because humans hunted them and their dogs spread a virus in the animal.

Appearance[]

They looked like a weird giraffe with antlers & a shorter neck in fact there look more like an okapi. A full grown adult would be 2.2 meters tall at the shoulder.

Behavior[]

Sivatherium maybe behaved like a giraffe does. It lived in a big herd which protected itself and its family and friends, but if that didn't work, it could use its back legs to kick predators in their face.

Diet[]

This extinct giraffe cousin proably had similar diets to a modern okapi. Sivatherium would’ve had a long tongue like okapis & giraffes do. It used it to pull leaves off thorny bushes to avoid touching the thorns.

Lifespan[]

Needs Information.

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Facts[]

  • Sivatherium is a cousin of its smaller cousin, Bramatherium.
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