Qilin tungurensis
| Qilin tungurensis Temporal range: Middle Miocene,
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| 3D model of a giraffine skull (grey) including ossicones referred to Qilin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Subfamily: | Giraffinae |
| Tribe: | †Bohlinini |
| Genus: | †Qilin Wang et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †Q. tungurensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Qilin tungurensis (Colbert, 1936)
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Qilin tungurensis is an extinct species of giraffid artiodactyl ungulates known from the Miocene Tunggur Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. Q. tungurensis, originally assigned to the genus Palaeotragus, is the only species in the genus Qilin. It is closely related to the modern giraffe and extinct Bohlinia in the subfamily Giraffinae. It is known from several skull bones including an ossicone ("horn-like" structures in giraffids).