Giraffa pygmaea Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Giraffidae |
Genus: | Giraffa |
Species: | †G. pygmaea |
Binomial name | |
†Giraffa pygmaea Harris,1976 | |
Giraffa pygmaea is an extinct species of giraffe from Africa during the Pliocene, and died out during the Pleistocene about 0.781 million years ago.
References
- Giraffa pygmaea Fossilworks.
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