Giraffa camelopardalis

Julian Fenessy, Tobias Bidon, Friederike Reuss, Vikas Kumar, Paul Elkan, Maria A. Nilsson, Melita Vamberger, Uwe Fritz & Axel Janke, 2016, Multi-locus analyses reveal four giraffe species instead of one, Current Biology 2016, pp. 1-7 : 3

(4) northern giraffe ( G. camelopardalis ),

which includes Nubian giraffe ( G. c. camelopardalis )

and its new synonym, Rothschild’s giraffe ( G. c. rothschildi ),

with Kordofan giraffe ( G. c. antiquorum )

and West African giraffe ( G. c. peralta )

as distinct subspecies. In the face of small population sizes, especially for the West African giraffe ( Table 1 ), concerted conservation efforts are necessary for preserving these genetically differentiated subspecies.