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Ossicône — Ossicônes de girafe réticulée. L ossicône est un appendice osseux crânien original qui caractérise les giraffidés actuels ainsi que certains taxons fossiles. Il est différent des cornes des bovidés et des bois des cervidés. L ossicône est présent … Wikipédia en Français
Ossicone — Not to be confused with Ossicles. Ossicones of a Reticulated giraffe. Ossicones are horn like (or antler like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes, male okapis, and their extinct relatives, such as Sivatherium, and the climacoceratids, such as … Wikipedia
Prolibytherium — Taxobox name = Prolibytherium fossil range = Early Miocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Climacoceratidae genus = Prolibytherium Prolibytherium ( Before Libya s Beast ) is an extinct… … Wikipedia
Giraffe — Taxobox name = Giraffe status = LR/cd | status system = IUCN2.3 trend = stable status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Antelope Specialist Group|year=1996|id=9194|title=Giraffa camelopardalis|downloaded=5 May 2006 ] image width = 230px regnum = Animalia … Wikipedia
Ossicles — Not to be confused with Ossicone. Ossicles Ossicles … Wikipedia
Giraffidae — Taxobox name = Giraffidae fossil range = Early Miocene Recent image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Giraffidae familia authority = Gray, 1821 subdivision ranks = Species… … Wikipedia
Horn (anatomy) — A horn is a pointed projection of the skin on the head of various mammals, consisting of a covering of horn (keratin and other proteins) surrounding a core of living bone. True horns are found only among the ruminant… … Wikipedia
Masai Giraffe — Maasai Giraffe Adult female, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania Conservation status … Wikipedia
Ossification — Bone is broken down by osteoclasts, and rebuilt by osteoblasts, both of which communicate through cytokine (TGF β, IGF) signalling. Ossification (or osteogenesis) is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called osteoblasts. It is… … Wikipedia
Eobasileus — Taxobox name = Eobasileus image caption = Eobasileus (left) and Uintatherium (right) status = fossil fossil range = Late Eocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Dinocerata familia = Uintatheriidae genus = Eobasileus… … Wikipedia
