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Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe)

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Cervus camelopardalis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Giraffa.

It was recombined as Giraffa camelopardalis by Brisson (1762), Thomas (1911), Dagg (1971), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Geraads et al. (2004), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Harris et al. (2010).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus p. 66
1762Giraffa camelopardalis Brisson
1835Camelopardalis antiquorum Jardine
1837Camelopardalis aethiopica Ogilby
1842Camelopardalis capensis Lesson
1898Giraffa schillingsi Matschie
1898Giraffa tippelskirchi Matschie
1898Giraffa senaariensis Trouessart
1908Giraffa infumata Noack
1910Giraffa hagenbecki Knottneurus-Meyer
1911Giraffa camelopardalis Thomas p. 150
1971Giraffa camelopardalis Dagg p. 1
1998Giraffa camelopardalis International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65
2003Giraffa camelopardalis Mitchell and Skinner p. 63
2004Giraffa camelopardalis Geraads et al. p. 184
2008Giraffa camelopardalis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2010Giraffa camelopardalis Harris et al. p. 806

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
tribeGiraffini
genusGiraffa
speciescamelopardalis()

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 camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 [giraffe]
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Invalid names: Camelopardalis aethiopica Ogilby 1837 [synonym], Camelopardalis antiquorum Jardine 1835 [synonym], Camelopardalis capensis Lesson 1842 [synonym], Giraffa hagenbecki Knottneurus-Meyer 1910 [synonym], Giraffa infumata Noack 1908 [synonym], Giraffa schillingsi Matschie 1898 [synonym], Giraffa senaariensis Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Giraffa tippelskirchi Matschie 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:50:01
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:04:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Giraffa camelopardalis (22323)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Giraffa camelopardalis (22340)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Giraffa camelopardalis (21956)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Giraffa camelopardalis (21963)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Giraffa camelopardalis (21923)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Giraffa camelopardalis (34105)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Giraffa camelopardalis (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Giraffa camelopardalis (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Giraffa camelopardalis (32119)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Giraffa camelopardalis (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Giraffa camelopardalis (21871 21902 21903 21904 21958 208786 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Giraffa camelopardalis (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Giraffa camelopardalis (21934 21935 21936 21938)