Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Alternative combination: Cervus camelopardalis
Synonyms: Camelopardalis aethiopica Ogilby 1837, Camelopardalis antiquorum Jardine 1835, Camelopardalis capensis Lesson 1842, Giraffa hagenbecki Knottneurus-Meyer 1910, Giraffa infumata Noack 1908, Giraffa schillingsi Matschie 1898, Giraffa senaariensis Trouessart 1898
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Giraffa according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Dagg 1971, Geraads et al. 2004, Harris et al. 2010, Linnaeus 1758, Mitchell and Skinner 2003 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Giraffa giraffa, Giraffa jumae, Giraffa pomeli, Giraffa priscilla, Giraffa punjabiensis, Giraffa pygmaea, Giraffa reticulata, Giraffa sivalensis, Giraffa stillei, Giraffa tippelskirchi, Camelopardalis microdon, Camelopardalis sivalensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (8 collections), South Africa (3), Sudan (7), Syria (1), Tanzania (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malawi (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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