Back سلمية القرون Arabic Climacoceràtids Catalan Climacoceratidae English Climacoceratidae Spanish نردبانشاخان Persian Climacoceratidae French קלימקוכרטיים HE Climacoceratidae Hungarian Climacoceratidae Italian Climacoceratidae Dutch
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Giraffoidea |
| Family: | †Climacoceratidae Hamilton,1978 |
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Climacoceratide is a family of artiodactyls which lived in Miocene in Africa. They're closely related to giraffes, with some genera, like Prolibytherium previously classified as giraffes.
The climacoceratids, named after one of their members, Climacoceras, were previously placed in the family Palaeomerycidae, then in Giraffidae. In 1978, W.D. Hamilton made a new family, placing it near Giraffidae in the superfamily Giraffoidea.
They differ from giraffes as their ossicones are from different bones.
