Bramatherium


Bramatherium is an extinct genus of giraffe that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium.

Etymology

The first part of the generic name, Brahma, is in reference to the Hindu god of creation. The second part, "therium", comes from the Greek word θηρίον, meaning 'beast'.

Description

Bramatherium was built very similarly to Sivatherium. Alive, it would have resembled a heavily built Okapi and had a crown-like set of four, radiating ossicones.