Family Giraffidae Gray 1821 (giraffe)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Pecora according to M. Spaulding et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Antilocapridae, Bovidae, Camelopardalidae, Cervidae, Cervoidea, Gelocidae, Indomeryx, Leptomerycidae, Moschidae
Subtaxa: Birgerbohlinia, Bohlinia, Decennatherium, Giraffinae, Giraffini, Honanotherium, Libytherium, Macedonitherium, Okapini, Palaeogiraffa, Palaeotraginae, Progiraffa, Propalaeomeryx, Sivatheriinae, Umbrotherium, Vishnutherium
Ecology: ground dwelling browser