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Giraffa tippelskirchi (Masai giraffe)

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Giraffa tippelskirchi was named by Matschie (1898). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Giraffa camelopardalis by Dagg (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. gracilis, G. gracillis, G. gracilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Giraffa tippelskirchi Matschie
2021Giraffa tippelskirchi Coimbra et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
tribeGiraffini
genusGiraffa
speciestippelskirchiMatschie 1898

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Giraffa tippelskirchi Matschie 1898 [Masai giraffe]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available