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Vishnutherium

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Vishnutherium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Vishnutherium
Lydekker, 1876
Species:
V. iravadicum
Binomial name
Vishnutherium iravadicum
Lydekker, 1876

Vishnutherium (Vishnu's beast) is an extinct genus of the Giraffidae. It was first named by Lydekker in 1876. Its fossils have been found in India.

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