Bramatherium

Bramatherium (Brahma’s beast) is an extinct genus of giraffids that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia.

The first part of the generic name, Brahma (Sanskrit masculine brahman-, nominative brahmā ब्रह्मा), is in reference to the Hindu god of creation.

The second part, "therium", comes from the Greek word θηρίον (transliterated therion), meaning 'beast'.

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.

Bramatherium perimense skull