Giraffa Brisson 1762

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 672

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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scientific name	Giraffa Brisson 1762
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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).