Giraffidae

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Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.

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Label Occurrences
Giraffidae canonical 9

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal family
taxonomic family
ancestralGroup Giraffoidea
bloodCirculationAdaptation high blood pressure regulation in long necks
characteristicTrait even-toed hooves
long neck
ossicones on head
ruminant digestion
class Mammalia
commonName giraffids
diet herbivorous
fossilRecord Miocene to present
geographicDistribution Sub-Saharan Africa
hasExtantGenera 2
hasExtantGenus Giraffa
Okapia johnstoni
surface form: Okapia
hasVertebralColumn yes
includesCommonName giraffes
okapis
includesGenus Giraffa
Pongo
surface form: Okapia
includesSpecies Giraffa camelopardalis
Giraffa giraffa
Giraffa
surface form: Giraffa reticulata

Giraffa
surface form: Giraffa tippelskirchi

Okapia johnstoni
infraorder Pecora
jawType heterodont dentition
kingdom Animalia
lactation produces milk to feed young
limbStructure unguligrade
locomotion quadrupedal
notableFeature tallest living terrestrial mammals within the family
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
primaryFoodSource leaves
shoots
twigs
reproduction viviparous
respiration lungs
skeletonType vertebrate
socialBehavior varies from solitary to loose groups
stomachType multi-chambered stomach
suborder Ruminantia
superfamily Giraffoidea
thermoregulation endothermic
toeNumber even-toed
typeGenus Giraffa
typicalHabitat African savannas
African woodlands

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Giraffidae
Description of subject: Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artiodactyla includesTaxon Giraffidae
Ruminantia includesTaxon Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis family Giraffidae
Pecora includesTaxon Giraffidae
Giraffoidea includesTaxon Giraffidae
Okapia johnstoni family Giraffidae
okapi parentTaxon Giraffidae
subject surface form: Okapia
okapi family Giraffidae