Alternative spelling: Sivatheridae
Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to R. Lydekker 1878
Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Bachitheriidae, Delahomeryx, Giraffoidea, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Pecora, Prodremotherium, Sanitherium, Thandaungia, Tragulina
Subtaxa: Bramatherium Hydaspitherium Libytherium
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (2 collections), Djibouti (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (24), South Africa (3), Tanzania (13)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Ethiopia (5), Kenya (6), Morocco (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (19), Tunisia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (3), Uganda (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of India (1), Pakistan (3), Thailand (1)
Total: 93 collections including 94 occurrences