Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Subsequent positions

Giraffoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Canthumeryx (Genus) Hamilton, 1973
Questionably Giraffinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably †Injanatherium (Genus) Heintz, Brunet & Sen, 1981
Questionably Okapiinae (Subfamily) Bohlin, 1926
Questionably †Progiraffinae (Subfamily) Pilgrim, 1911
Questionably †Propalaeomeryx (Genus) Lydekker, 1883
Questionably †Sivatheriinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1850

Current position

Giraffoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 432.

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 642.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.

Historical positions

Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Giraffoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 432.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: 1995
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 383; 6.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 129.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 642.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1060-1061.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Giraffoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;2s;9ss; †21g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2g;2s; †21g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	2g;2s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[2g; †21g]
1993	P. Grubb	2g;2s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2g];2s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2g;[2s]