Vishnutherium
Extinct genus of mammals
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Vishnutherium (Vishnu's beast) is an extinct genus of the Giraffidae from the Miocene epoch. The genus contains two species, V. iravadicum and V. priscillum, discovered from Myanmar, Iran, Pakistan and possibly India.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | †Vishnutherium Lydekker, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| †V. iravadicum Lydekker, 1876 | |
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