Giraffidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2011 2011-08-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals 788 802 book chapter 3348 10.5281/zenodo.5719821 ab7b3796-32e4-4ce6-b3ca-caa38bc94377 978-84-96553-77-4 5719821 Family GIRAFFIDAE (GIRAFFE AND OKAPI) • Large ruminants with pair of horn-like protuberances called ossicones on the skull, characteristically long neck, and long, slender limbs. • 200-500 cm. • Afrotropical Region. • Savanna woodland and dense rainforest. • 2 genera, 2 species, 10 taxa. • No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.