Bramatherium (Brahma’s beast) is an extinct genus of giraffids that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium. Etymology The first part of the generic name, Brahma (Sanskrit masculine , nominative ), is in reference to the Hindu god of creation. The second part, "therium", comes from the Greek word θηρίον (transliterated therion), meaning 'beast'. Description Bramatherium was built very similarly to Sivatherium. Alive, it would have resembled a heavily built okapi and had a crown-like set of four, radiating ossicones. Fossils, and examination of teeth in particular, suggested the living animals dwelled woodlands and wetlands. See also Hydaspitherium Vishnutherium References Falconer, H. (1845) “Description of some fossil remains of Deinotherium, Giraffe, and other mammalia, from Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay, Western Coast of India”, J. Geol. Soc., 1, 356–372. Pliocene extinctions Pliocene even-toed ungulates Prehistoric giraffes Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera Miocene first appearances Miocene mammals of Asia Pliocene mammals of Asia Fossil taxa described in 1845