Giraffa camelopardalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Giraffoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Cladus: Giraffomorpha Superfamilia: Giraffoidea

Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffa
Species: Giraffa camelopardalis
Subspecies: G. c. angolensis – G. c. antiquorum – G. c. camelopardalis – G. c. giraffa – G. c. peralta – G. c. reticulata – G. c. rothschildi – G. c. tippelskirchi – G. c. thornicrofti

Name

Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original combination: Cervus camelopardalis
Type locality: "Habitat in Æthiopia et Sennar"; identified as Egypt, in captivity at Cairo (Thomas, 1911:150); restricted to Sudan, Sennar, by Harper (1940:322).

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 66. Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1911. The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911: 150.
Harper, F. 1940. The nomenclature and type localities of certain Old World mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 2l: 332.

Additional references

Dagg, A.I. 1971. Giraffa camelopardalis. Mammalian Species 5: 1–8. DOI: 10.2307/3503830 JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kameelperd
ak: Yoma
አማርኛ: ቀጭኔ
aragonés: Chirafa
مصرى: زرافه
العربية: زرافة
asturianu: Xirafa
azərbaycanca: Zürafə
беларуская (тарашкевіца): Жырафа
беларуская: Жырафа
български: Жираф
bamanankan: Ntilen
বাংলা: জিরাফ
བོད་ཡིག: ཤ་བ་སྐེ་རིང་།
brezhoneg: Jirafenn
bosanski: Žirafa
català: Girafa
Cebuano: Hirapa
ᏣᎳᎩ: ᏗᎦᎵᏍᏚᎩᏍᎩ
Tsetsêhestâhese: Tsêhe'êsenotováhe
کوردی: زەڕافە
corsu: Giraffa
čeština: Žirafa
dansk: Giraf
Deutsch: Giraffe
Zazaki: Zırafa
Ελληνικά: Καμηλοπάρδαλη
English: Northern giraffe
Esperanto: Ĝirafo
español: Jirafa
eesti: Kaelkirjak
euskara: Jirafa
فارسی: زرافه
suomi: Kirahvi
føroyskt: Giraffur
français: Girafe du Nord
贛語: 長頸鹿
Gaeilge: Sioráf
Gàidhlig: Sioraf
galego: Xirafa
ગુજરાતી: જિરાફ
Gaelg: Mwannalagh
客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî: Chhòng-kiáng-lu̍k
Hawaiʻi: Kilape
Hausa: Raƙumin dawa
עברית: ג'ירף
हिन्दी: जिराफ़
hrvatski: Žirafa
Kreyòl ayisyen: Jiraf
magyar: Zsiráf
Bahasa Indonesia: Jerapah
Ido: Jirafo
íslenska: Gíraffi
italiano: Giraffa
日本語: キリン
la .lojban.: djirafa
Jawa: Jerapah
Taqbaylit: Amdeɣ
қазақша: Керік
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಜಿರಾಫೆ
한국어: 기린
kurdî: Canhêştir
лакку: СсурухӀи
Lëtzebuergesch: Giraff
lingála: Dikálá
lietuvių: Žirafa
latviešu: Žirafe
македонски: Жирафа
മലയാളം: ജിറാഫ്
монгол: Анааш
मराठी: जिराफ
Bahasa Melayu: Zirafah
မြန်မာဘာသာ: သစ်ကုလားအုပ်
नेपाली: जिराफ
Nederlands: Giraffe
norsk nynorsk: Sjiraff
norsk: Sjiraff
Nouormand: Girafe
Sesotho sa Leboa: Thutlwa
Diné bizaad: Tsin yilátah ayání
polski: Żyrafa
پنجابی: زرافہ
português: Girafa
Runa Simi: Hirapha
română: Girafă
русский: Жираф
sicilianu: Giraffa
Sängö: Kôlo
සිංහල: ජිරාෆ්
slovenčina: Žirafa štíhla
slovenščina: Žirafa
chiShona: Twiza
Soomaaliga: Geri
shqip: Gjirafa
српски / srpski: Жирафа
Sunda: Jarapah
svenska: Giraff
Kiswahili: Twiga
தமிழ்: ஒட்டகச் சிவிங்கி
తెలుగు: జిరాఫీ
тоҷикӣ: Зарофа
ไทย: ยีราฟ
Türkçe: Zürafa
удмурт: Жираф
ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: زىراپە
українська: Жирафа
اردو: زرافہ
Tiếng Việt: Hươu cao cổ
ייִדיש: זשיראף
粵語: 長頸鹿
中文: 长颈鹿
isiZulu: Indlulamithi

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