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Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.66

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Giraffidae
genus
Giraffa
species
Giraffa camelopardalis

Name

Synonyms
Camelopardalis capensis Lesson, 1842
Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Amdeɣ in language.
Camelopardalis in Latin
Camélopard in French
Canhêştir in Kurdish
Chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k in language.
Chirafa in Aragonese
Dikálá in Lingala
Furiramudenga in language.
Geri in Somali
Giraf in Afrikaans
Girafa in Portuguese
Girafe in French
Girafe in French
Girafe du Nord in French
Giraff in Swedish
Giraffa in Italian
Giraffa in English
Giraffa settentrionale in Italian
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in German
Giraffe in German
Giraffe in language.
Giraffe in English
Giraffe in English
Giraffur in Faroese
Girafte in English
Girafte in English
Girafă in Romanian
Gjirafa in Albanian
Gíraffi in Icelandic
Hirapa in language.
Hirapha in Quechua
Hươu cao cổ in Vietnamese
Indlulamithi in Zulu
Jarapah in Sundanese
Jerapah in Indonesian
Jiraf in Haitian Creole
Jirafa in language.
Jirafa in Spanish
Jirafenn in Breton
Jirafo in Ido
Jornufa in Persian
Kaelkirjak in Estonian
Kakuhu in language.
Kameel in Dutch
Kameelperd in Afrikaans
Kamelopaki in language.
Kilape in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535.
  2. Fennessy, Julian, Tobias Bidon, Friederike Reuss, Vikas Kumar, Paul Elkan, Maria A. Nilsson, et al., 2016: Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One. Current Biology, vol. 26. 1-7.
  3. IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group Taxonomic Task Force, 2025: null. An evaluation of the taxonomic status of Giraffe (Giraffa spp.). 1-59.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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