Progiraffa

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Early Miocene

| taxon = Progiraffa

| authority = Pilgrim, 1908

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Progiraffa is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyls from the Early Miocene of Pakistan.{{Cite journal |last1=Aftab |first1=Kiran |last2=Khan |first2=Muhammad Akbar |last3=Ahmad |first3=Zaheer |last4=Akhtar |first4=Muhammad |date=2016-04-02 |title=Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295 |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=207–215 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295 |bibcode=2016Alch...40..207A |issn=0311-5518|url-access=subscription }} It was first named by Guy Ellcock Pilgrim in 1908. It resembled a horse more than a giraffe. It lived in an open habitat.

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