Sivatherium ("
Shiva's beast") is an extinct genus of giraffid that ranged throughout
Africa to the
Indian Subcontinent. The African species,
S. maurusium, was once placed within the
genus "
Libytherium." It may have become extinct as recently as 8,000 years ago, as depictions that greatly resemble it are known from ancient
rock paintings in the Sahara desert.