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GENUS Giraffa

Author:Brisson, 1762.
Citation:Regn. Anim., 2nd ed.: 12, 37.
Type Species:Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments: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).
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SPECIES camelopardalis

SUBSPECIES camelopardalis

SUBSPECIES reticulata

SUBSPECIES rothschildi

SUBSPECIES thornicrofti

SUBSPECIES tippelskirchi

SUBSPECIES giraffa

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