Injanatherium arabicum belongs to the giraffe family, which is distinguished by bony head appendages called ossicones; today only the giraffe and the okapi survive, in Africa, although the family once included more than 30 fossil species.
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Injanatherium arabicum belongs to the giraffe family, which is distinguished by bony head appendages called ossicones; today only the giraffe and the okapi survive, in Africa, although the family once included more than 30 fossil species.
A phylogenetic analysis of giraffids places this species with its Iraqi relative and Giraffokeryx in a group of early stem giraffids, outside the large clade that includes the living giraffe.
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261022T135750190 · last approved 22 October 2026