Sivatheriinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of prehistoric giraffids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = MEPAN Sivatherium.jpg

| image_caption = Sivatherium reconstruction

| taxon = Sivatheriinae

| authority = Zittel, 1893

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• Bramatherium
• Hydaspitherium
• Indratherium
• Lyrakeryx?
• Sivatherium

| subdivision_ref =

}}

Sivatheriinae is an extinct subfamily of giraffids characterized by their robust size, short limbs, and the presence of large complicated ossicones in males.{{cite journal

| last = Hamilton

| first = H.R.

| author-link =

| title = Fossil Giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a Revision of the Phylogeny of the Giraffoidea

| journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences

| volume = 283

| issue = 996

| pages = 165–229

| publisher = The Royal Society Publishing

| location = London, UK

| date = May 9, 1978

| doi = 10.1098/rstb.1978.0019

| jstor = 2417982

| bibcode = 1978RSPTB.283..165H

| language = English

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/2417982| url-access = subscription

}} These animals lived in Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe from the late Miocene and early Pleistocene.{{cite web

| url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=185949

| title = Subfamily Sivatheriinae

| website = Paleobiology Database

}}