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Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SUBSPECIES
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
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi Lydekker, 1903
Homonyms
Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis
Common names
Egyptian Giraffe in English
Girafa-da-núbia in Portuguese
Giraffa nubiana in Italian
Jirafa Egipcia in Spanish
Jirafa nubia in Spanish
Nordgiraffe in German
Nubian Giraffe in English
Nubian Giraffe in English
Nubian Giraffe in English
Nubiasjiraff in Norwegian Bokmål
Nubiese Kameelperd in Afrikaans
Nubische Giraffe in German
Nubisk Sjiraff in Norwegian Bokmål
Nördliche Giraffe in German
girafe de Nubie in French
nordlig giraf in Danish
nubijska žirafa in Slovenian
núbiai zsiráf in Hungarian
żyrafa północna in Polish
žirafa núbijská in Czech
Нубийский жираф in Russian
Нубијска жирафа in Serbian
ג'ירף נובי in Hebrew
زرافة مصرية in Arabic
زرافة نوبية in Arabic
ยีราฟนูเบีย in Thai

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., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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