Ossicone

Ossicones are skin or hair covered bones on the top of a giraffe's head, however ossicones can also appear on other animals too.

Ossicone Media

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  Ossicones of a giraffe

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  Ossicones of a male okapi

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  Illustration of extinct Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon (Giraffidae), showing a diversity of ossicone shapes and sizes no longer seen in extant animals