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The IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies. [1] Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi is named after the Tring Museum's founder, Walter Rothschild, [2] and is also known as the Baringo giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, [3] or as the Ugandan giraffe.
English: Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) at Murchison Falls NP, UGANDA Note: This image was digitally modified to patch up some skin injuries which are very visible on the original file.
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni (Lydekker, 1904) Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi (Lydekker, 1903) Roan Antelope Hippotragus equines cottoni (Dollman and Burlace, 1928) Water Chevrotain Hyemaschus aquaticum cottoni (Lydekker, 1906) Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa hawashensis (Matshcie, 1910) Kobus ellipsiprymnus harnieri cottoni (Matshcie ...
The IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe, with nine subspecies, one of which is the Nubian giraffe. [1] The Nubian giraffe, along with the whole species, were first known by the binomen Cervus camelopardalis described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in the Systema Naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis ...
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa.It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth.Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies.
Nubian giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis EN Rothschild's giraffe , Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi EN Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
The Rothschild giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), a subspecies with five ossicones instead of two, was named after him. Another 153 insects, 58 birds, 17 mammals, three fish, three spiders, two reptiles, one millipede and one worm also carry his name. Rothschild opened his private museum in 1892.
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus , 1758 The northern giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis ), also known as three-horned giraffe , [ 2 ] is the type species of giraffe , G. camelopardalis , and is native to North Africa , although alternative taxonomic hypotheses have proposed the northern giraffe as a separate species.