Giraffa camelopardalis peralta

Giraffa camelopardalis peralta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Artiodactyla
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Cetartiodactyla Ordo: Artiodactyla

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, propably 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.

Links

• IUCN: Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. peralta Thomas, 1898 (Endangered)