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Taxon: Genus Giraffa Brisson, 1762, nom. cons. - giraffe (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name Brisson, M.J. 1762. Reg. Anim. (ed. 2): 12, 37.
Original rank
Original spelling

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 64.

Types

Type ofGiraffini (Tribe) Gray, 1821
Type, by original designationGiraffa camelopardalis (C. Linnaeus, 1758), typ. cons.

Variants

Incorrect authorshipGiraffa (Genus) Brünnich, 1771

Synonyms

Synonymous nameCamelopardalis (Genus) Schreber, 1784 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 433.
Synonymous nameOrasius (Genus) Oken, 1816 Ref: PBDB: 26 Nov 2019.
Synonymous nameTrachelotherium (Genus) Gistl, 1850[1847] Ref: PBDB: 27 Nov 2019.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namegiraffe
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