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 |
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| Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Giraffa camelopardalis |
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Giraffa is a genus of mammals in the Giraffidae family. The genus consists of seven species including the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, the only extant species.
[edit] Species
There are six species in the genus Giraffa.[2]
- Giraffa camelopardalis – giraffes
- †Giraffa gracilis (extinct)
- †Giraffa jumae (extinct)
- †Giraffa priscilla (extinct)
- †Giraffa punjabiensis (extinct)
- †Giraffa pygmaea (extinct)
- †Giraffa sivalensis (extinct)
G. attica, also extinct, was formerly considered part of Giraffa but was reclassified as Bohlinia attica in 1929.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ The Paleobiology Database Giraffa page
- ^ BioLib - Giraffa Accessed: 2009-03-01
- ^ 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.
