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Giraffa giraffa giraffa  (von Schreber, 1784)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1012249

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
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  Common Name(s): South African Giraffe [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyGiraffidae Gray, 1821 – giraffes  
                                     GenusGiraffa Brisson, 1762  
                                        SpeciesGiraffa giraffa (von Schreber, 1784) – Southern Giraffe  
                                           SubspeciesGiraffa giraffa giraffa (von Schreber, 1784) – South African Giraffe  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fennessy, Julian, Tobias Bidon, Friederike Reuss, Vikas Kumar, Paul Elkan, Maria A. Nilsson, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Current Biology, vol. 26   
  Page(s): 1-7   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0960-9822   
  Notes: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.036   
  Reference for: Giraffa giraffa giraffa, South African Giraffe [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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