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The canthumeryx was one of the early giraffe ancestor which has been dated variously to have lived 25–20 mya. Also some of the canthumeryx features were an open nasolacrimal canal, a protruding occipital, and non-fused frontal bones at midline. The canthumeryx had been known to live in Libya and Kenya.

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Helladotherium is a very old species of giraffe that lived in Europe, Africa and Asia during the Miocene period. The Helladotherium would've roamed around the plains and the forest. This species of giraffe is so rare that there have only been 2 discovered one was discovered in Pakistan. You can see that the Helladotherium devolved the iconic striped pattern that giraffes have now which they didn't have before.

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The giraffokeryx came after the canthumeryx and it lived around the Indian subcontinent 15-12 mya. It resembles an okapi which is a small giraffe. Also the giraffokeryx had features that the canthumeryx didn't have like four ossicones on its head; one pair in front of the eyes on the anterior aspect of the frontal bone and the other behind the eyes in the frontoparietal region overhanging the temporal fossae. These antler type features are skin covered bone which help them while they are fighting.

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Sivatherium is an extinct species of giraffe's that lived throughout Africa to the Indian Subcontinent. The sivatherium by weight is also known to be the largest giraffe known. It was roughly 7 feet tall and weighed around 880-1100 pounds. Sivatherium had a wide antler-like pair of ossicones on its head, and a second pair of ossicones above its eyes. They also had very strong shoulders to support there neck muscles to lift there heavy head.

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Bramatherium is an extinct species that ranged from India to Turkey and a lot of Asia. The bramatherium was closely related to the sivatherium because the both would have a crown like set of four radiating ossicones. Also many examination have been done that shows that this spices would live in woodlands and wetlands.

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The Samotherium was an important transitional fossil in the giraffe lineage it had the length and structure of its cervical vertebrae were between those of a modern giraffe and an okapi. The Samotherium lived in the Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia and Africa. They also had two ossicones on their head like current giraffes.

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The Palaeotragus was very smart and pretty big animal that lived in the Miocene of Africa and Eurasia. The Palaeotragus came in at a length of 4 meters and a height of 1-3 meters and it weighed in at 250 to 650kg. the Palaeotragus had similar features to today's giraffe because of the similar tail and the facial structure which is long and pointed. But there are some differences too the Palaeotragus had horns and it didn't have a long neck like today's giraffes.

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The Shansitherium is a closely related relative to the samotherium and palaeotragus. Shansitherium lived throughout Africa and Eurasia all of them had bara ossicones on there head and they all also had small cranial sinuses and they were longer with bigger and wider skulls.

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Bohlinia first appeared to live in southeastern Europe and this was the first giraffe that was a direct ancestor of the giraffe. The Bohlinia resembled modern giraffes by having the well known long neck and legs. They also had the similar ossicones and dentition.

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The Southern giraffe is the most common giraffe that is currently around and they live in the savannahs and woodlands of northern South Africa, Angola, southern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe, Zambia and south-western Mozambique. The Southern giraffe have been abated to the warm and hot climate that's why they are mainly found in those types of areas. Southern giraffe have the iconic pattern on them which have evolved over time from different patterns to what it is today. They also have 1 pair of ossicones on there head which used to be antlers. Also there long necks are there to help them fight other giraffes if they need to.