Published August 18, 2020 | Version v1
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Giraffa giraffa subsp. giraffa

  • 1. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, UA, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon - CP 51 - 75005 Paris, France.
  • 2. Anville - 17750 Etaules, France.
  • 3. 92210 Saint Cloud, France.
  • 4. Former address: Direction Générale Déléguée aux Musées, Jardins Botaniques et Zoologiques, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier - 75005 Paris, France.
  • 5. Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR 7204 MNHN CNRS-UPMC, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle - 75005 Paris, France.

Description

Giraffa giraffa giraffa (Boddaert, 1784)

Camelopardalis australis Swainson, 1835: 284.

Camelopardalis capensis Lesson, 1842: 168.

Camelopardalis maculata Weinland, 1863: 205, fig. p. 206.

Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis Lydekker, 1903: 121, fig. p. 121.

Diagnosis

One ES in the Cytb gene: 798 T=>C; two ES in the CR: 130 iT, 170 A=>G.

Distribution

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe.

Notes

Published as part of Petzold, Alice, Magnant, Anne-Sophie, Edderai, David, Chardonnet, Bertrand, Rigoulet, Jacques, Saint-Jalme, Michel & Hassanin, Alexandre, 2020, First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens, pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 703 on page 25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.703, http://zenodo.org/record/3989669

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References

  • Boddaert P. 1784. Camelopardalis giraffa. Elenchus Animalium Vol. 1: Systems Quadrupedia. C. R. Hake, Rotterdam.
  • Swainson W. 1835. A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals. Green Longman, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 25975
  • Lesson R. P. 1842. Nouveau tableau du Regne animal: Mammiferes. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
  • Weinland D. F. 1863. Zur Erinnerung an unsere Giraffe. Zoologischer Garten 4: 204 - 207.
  • Lydekker R. 1903. Local variation in the Giraffe. In: Animal Life and the World of Nature. Vol. 2: 78 - 84. Hutchinson & Co, London.