Giraffa camelopardalis peralta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffa
Species: Giraffa camelopardalis
Subspecies: Giraffa camelopardalis peralta

Name

Giraffa camelopardalis peralta Thomas, 1898

Type locality: near Lokoja, at the junction of the Niger and Benue rivers in Nigeria, probably north of the confluence (Happold, 1969)

References

  • Thomas, O. 1898. On a new subspecies of giraffe from Nigeria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1898: 40.
  • Happold, D. C. D. 1969. The present distribution and status of the giraffe in West Africa. Mammalia, 33: 516–521.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Westafrikanische Giraffe
English: West African giraffe
español: Jirafa nigeriana
français: Girafe du Niger
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.