EXTINCT ANIMALS 



larger horns than a giraffe, has this same bi- 

 foliate canine on each side in the lower jaw 

 (Fig. Ill), and is shown, by this and other facts 

 in its structure, to be clearl}^ related to the Hving 

 giraffe. Another creature from the IVIiocene strata 



Fig. 112. — Photograph of a restored skull of the Sivatherium 

 from the Miocene strata of the Sewalik Hills, India. The 

 antler-like branching horns contrast with the corresponding 

 simple horns of the giraffe. 



of the isle of Samos — the Samotherium (Fig. 

 113) — has also the bifid lower canines, and is 

 closely allied to giraffes. The entire skeleton 

 of a giraffe-like animal with a moderate lengtli 



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