Giraffa pygmaea

Giraffa pygmaea
Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffa
Species: †Giraffa pygmaea
Harris,1976

Giraffa pygmaea is an extinct species of giraffe from Africa during the Pliocene, and died out during the Pleistocene about 0.781 million years ago.

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