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Definition of Sivatherium

Sivatherium
Sivatherium Siv`a*the"ri*um, n. [NL., from E. Siva + Gr. ???? a beast, an animal.] (Paleon.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.

Meaning of Sivatherium from wikipedia

- Sivatherium ("Shiva's beast", from Shiva and therium, Latinized form of Ancient Gr**** θηρίον - thēríon) is an extinct genus of giraffids that ranged throughout...
- ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium. The first part of the generic name, Brahma (Sanskrit masculine brahman-...
- Orangiatherium van Hoepen, 1932] †Sivatherium giganteum Falconer & Cautley, 1836 †Sivatherium hendeyi Harris, 1976 †Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel, 1892) [Libytherium...
- may include subtaxa Bramatherium, Hydaspitherium, Indratherium, and Sivatherium. "Subfamily Sivatheriinae". www.fossilworks.org. Hamilton, H.R. (May...
- cats, glyptodons, the woolly rhinoceros, various giraffids, such as the Sivatherium; ground sloths, Irish elk, cave lions, cave bears, Gomphotheres, American...
- tribes, subsequent analysis has called its authenticity into question. Sivatherium of Kish: An ornamental war chariot figurine discovered in the Sumerian...
- Subfamily Sivatheriinae †Bramatherium †Decennatherium †****adotherium †Sivatherium Subfamily Giraffinae Tribe Giraffini †Bohlinia Giraffa †Honanotherium...
- species lacked ossicones †Samotherium (1 pair) †Shansitherium (1 pair) †Sivatherium (2 pairs) Climacoceratidae †Climacoceras (1 pair) †Prolibytherium (1...
- Sivatherium was a relative of giraffes with deer-like forehead ossicones....
- park at present has six sets of life-size models, of Stegodonganesa, Sivatherium, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Colosschelys atlas, Paramachaerdus and Crocodilia...