Vishnutherium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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|taxon = Vishnutherium

|authority = Lydekker, 1876

|type_species = {{extinct}}V. iravadicum

|type_species_authority = Lydekker, 1876

|subdivision_ranks = Other species

|subdivision =

• {{extinct}}V. priscillum {{small|(Matthew, 1929)}}

|synonyms =

• Giraffa priscilla {{small|Matthew, 1929}}

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Vishnutherium (Vishnu's beast) is an extinct genus of the Giraffidae from the Miocene epoch. The genus contains two species, V. iravadicum and V. priscillum, discovered from Myanmar, Iran, Pakistan and possibly India.{{cite book|author1=Solounias, N.|author2=Jukar, A. M.|year=2023|chapter=A reassessment of some Giraffidae specimens from the Late Miocene faunas of Eurasia|editor1=Casanovas-Vilar, I.|editor2=van den Hoek Ostende, L.W.|editor3=Janis, C.M.|editor4=Saarinen, J.|title=Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology|publisher=Springer, Cham|pages=189–200|doi=10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_12}}