00:00Sivaterium, Shiva's beast, is an extinct genus of arthiodactyl in the Girafidae family.
00:05It lived from the end of the Myocene to the Pleistocene, between 7 million and 120,000 years ago.
00:10Description
00:11Sivaterium resembled the current Ocapi, but was much larger and more heavily built.
00:15It stood approximately 2.20 meters tall at the withers.
00:18He had on his head a pair of large ossicones similar to those of giraffes,
00:21and a second pair of ossicones above the eyes reminiscent of those of the greater kudu.
00:25His shoulders were very powerful in order to support the neck muscles.
00:28necessary to support a very heavy skull.
00:31Geographic extension
00:32Sivaterium was present from Africa to South Asia, especially in India.
00:36Historical
00:37The first species discovered in Africa, Sivaterium morusium,
00:41was formerly placed in a separate genre, the ibysorium.
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