Английская Википедия:Giraffa jumae

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Giraffa jumae is an extinct species of even-toed ungulate in the Giraffidae family. The species ranged from Malawi to Chad with a possible occurrence of the species or a closely related species found in Turkey. The type specimen was discovered during trenching excavations on the upper member of the Rawi Formation by Louis Leakey in the 1930s.[1] The specimen was found with Ceratotherium simum, Suidae such as Metridiochoerus andrewsi, a Hippopotamus gorgops, and a nearly complete pygmy hippopotamus mandible.[1]

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Restoration of G. jumae (top left) and other ungulates from the Pliocene of eastern Africa, by Mauricio Antón

The species is considered a possible ancestor to the modern giraffes.[2]

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