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Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.66

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Giraffidae
genus
Giraffa
species
Giraffa camelopardalis

Name

Synonyms
Camelopardalis capensis Lesson, 1842
Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Girafe in French
Giraffe in German
Giraffe in language.
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in German
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in English
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 English
peralta in English
Giraffe in English
Girafe in French
Giraffe in German
Jirafa in Spanish
Kameelperd in Afrikaans
Twiga in Swahili

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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