''Giraffa pygmaea'' is an extinct species of
giraffe from
Africa
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during the
Pliocene
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about 0.781 million years ago.
References
Giraffa pygmaeaFossilworks.
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Pliocene even-toed ungulates
Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
Pleistocene mammals of Africa
Prehistoric giraffes