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Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.66
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Artiodactyla
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family
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Giraffidae
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genus
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Giraffa
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species
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Giraffa camelopardalis
Name
- Synonyms
- Camelopardalis capensis Lesson, 1842
- Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Homonyms
- Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Girafe in French
- Giraffe in English
- Giraffe in German
- Giraffe in English
- Giraffe in language.
- Giraffe in English
- Giraffe in German
- Girafte in English
- Jirafa in language.
- Kordofan Giraffe (antiquorum) in English
- Masai Giraffe (tippelskirchi) in English
- Nigerian Giraffe in English
- Northern Giraffe in English
- Northern Giraffe in English
- Nubian Giraffe (camelopardalis) in English
- Reticulated / Somali Giraffe (reticulata) in English
- Rothschild Giraffe (rothschildi) in English
- Smoky / Angolan Giraffe (angolensis) in English
- South African Giraffe (giraffa) in English
- Thornicroft / Rhodesian Giraffe (thornicrofti) in English
- West African in English
- West African / Nigerian Giraffe (peralta) in English
- giraffe in language.
- giraffe in English
- peralta in English
- Giraffe in English
- Girafe in French
- Giraffe in German
- Jirafa in Spanish
- Kameelperd in Afrikaans
- Twiga in Swahili
Bibliographic References
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Fennessy, Julian, Tobias Bidon, Friederike Reuss, Vikas Kumar, Paul Elkan, Maria A. Nilsson, et al., 2016: Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One. Current Biology, vol. 26. 1-7.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.