sivatherium

Noun

Meaning

A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.

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Sivatherium was a group of giraffes with deer-like forehead weapons Sivatherium was a group consisting of the giraffes with deer-like forehead weapons, and were the predecessors of giraffes and bovines. Source: Internet

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