Giraffa Brisson 1762
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Giraffa Brisson 1762
Giraffa Brisson 1762, Regn. Anim., 2nd ed.: 12.
Type Species: Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758
Species and subspecies: 1 species with 6 subspecies:
Species Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. reticulata De Winton 1899
Subspecies Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. rothschildi Lydekker 1903
Subspecies Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. thornicrofti Lydekker 1911
Subspecies Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. tippelskirchi Matschie 1898
Subspecies Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. giraffa von Schreber 1784
Discussion: Brisson (1762) is rejected for nomenclatural purposes (and see Hopwood, 1947) but Giraffa Brisson, 1762 has been conserved (Opinion 1894, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AB6A4FBA464988A6B3A53F4B8CD52B4B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/43ABF19FA9292DBE32A297913C8DA5DD (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231540759 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Brisson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Giraffidae
- Genus
- Giraffa
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Giraffa Brisson, 1762 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Brisson, M. J. 1762. Le regnum animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica sistens generalem animalium distributionem in classes IX, & duarum primarum classium, quadrupedum scilicet & cetaceorum, particularem dibvisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera & species. T. Haak, Paris, 296 pp.
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Hopwood, A. T. 1947. The generic names of the mandrill and baboons, with notes on some of the genera of Brisson, 1762. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 117: 533 - 536.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animals …, Ed. 2 (M. J. Brisson, 1762): Rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55 (1): 64 - 71.