Mammal
Sivatherium
It was one of the heaviest known giraffids.
Sivatherium was a heavily built relative of giraffes, with a body quite unlike the familiar modern giraffe.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Sivatherium at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Neogene / Quaternary
- Group
- Giraffidae
- Giraffids
- Fossil locations
- Spain, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Sivatherium
It was a giraffid with a very heavy body, present in large regions of Africa and Asia. Its history began in the late Miocene and lasted until the early Pleistocene.
It was one of the heaviest known members of the giraffe family. Sharing a family does not mean sharing the proportions of a modern giraffe: fossils from different regions reveal forms far more varied than those alive today.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Sivatherium
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- Giraffidae
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