Vault tales 214 – Clades – Ruminantia

Time to visit another clade, this time a true crown-group clade, the Ruminantia (or Ruminantiomorpha...if we include some of the anthracotherids that are a stem-group to the ruminantia). As a group, this is a fairly familiar one both as animals and as figures. The living groups include the bovids (cows, antelopes, goats, sheep, etc); the moschids (musk deer); the cervids (deer); the giraffids (giraffes and okapi); the antilocaprids (pronghorn) and the basal group the tragulina (chevrotains). Of course, there is…

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Vault tales 62 Colorata Okapi

Who makes it? Colorata as part of their Ueno Zoo Endangered animals box. It's number 12 in the set. When did it come out? The box was originally released in 2004. It's a surprisingly hefty looking figure. It's a good representation of the real animal. Still available? From what I understand, the set is still available at the Ueno Zoo in Japan. Unlike most of their sets, this one is not listed on the Colorata site, so it may be…

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