Giraffa
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| Giraffa Temporal range: 11.61–0 Ma Miocene to Recent[1] |
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| Giraffa camelopardalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | Giraffa Brisson, 1762 |
| Type species | |
| Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Giraffa camelopardalis |
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Giraffa is a genus of artiodactyl mammals in the family Giraffidae. The genus consists of seven species including the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, the only extant species.
Species[edit]
There are eight species in the genus Giraffa, seven are extinct.[1][2]
- Giraffa camelopardalis – giraffes
- †Giraffa gracilis
- †Giraffa jumae
- †Giraffa priscilla
- †Giraffa punjabiensis
- †Giraffa pygmaea
- †Giraffa sivalensis
- †Giraffa stillei
G. attica, also extinct, was formerly considered part of Giraffa but was reclassified as Bohlinia attica in 1929.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Giraffa (giraffe)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved February 2012.
- ^ "Giraffa". BioLib. Retrieved February 2012.
- ^ Mitchell, G.; Skinner, J.D. (2003). "On the origin, evolution and phylogeny of giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 58 (1): 51–73. doi:10.1080/00359190309519935.
