Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Camelopardalis aethiopicus Ogilby, 1837: 134; Camelopardalis biturigum Duvernoy, 1844: 12, fig. 4.; Giraffa camelopardalis typica Bryden, 1899: 489, plate XIV. 

Conservation Status

Probably extinct (Petzold et al., 2020a)

Distribution

Sudan (south-eastern) and Ethiopia (northern)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Linnaeus, Carolus. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae. Editio decima reformata, Tomus I. Regnum Animale. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm.

Other references:

Petzold, Alice, Anne-Sophie Magnant, David Edderai, Bertrand Chardonnet, Jacques Rigoulet, Michel Saint-Jalme & Alexandre Hassanin. (2020a). First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens. European Journal of Taxonomy 703: 1-33.

Petzold, Alice, Anne-Sophie Magnant, David Edderai, Bertrand Chardonnet, Jacques Rigoulet, Michel Saint-Jalme & Alexandre Hassanin. (2020b). First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens – Corrigendum. European Journal of Taxonomy 717(1): 1-2.

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