Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 42695

Synonyms: Camelopardalis Schreber 1784 (no. 103795), Orasius Oken 1816 (no. 42808), Trachelotherium Gistl 1848 (no. 399654)

Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2

Parent taxon: Giraffini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Giraffa camelopardalis, Giraffa jumae, Giraffa pomeli, Giraffa priscilla, Giraffa punjabiensis, Giraffa pygmaea, Giraffa sivalensis, Giraffa stillei

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Type: Cervus camelopardalis

Ecology: scansorial browser