Giraffa camelopardalis subsp. senegalensis Petzold, Magnant & Hassanin 2020, subsp. nov

Main Authors: Petzold, Alice, Magnant, Anne-Sophie, Edderai, David, Chardonnet, Bertrand, Rigoulet, Jacques, Saint-Jalme, Michel, Hassanin, Alexandre
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2020
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4332061
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  • Giraffa camelopardalis senegalensis Petzold, Magnant & Hassanin, subsp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 838C1DB1-59BA-49DD-B5AA-F5432F36B112 Diagnosis Beige ground colour covered with dark brown spots following a reticulated pattern separated by narrow lines, skull features detailed in Blainville (1864), one ES in the Cytb gene: 732 A=> G; four ES in the CR: 92 dC, 95 A=>G, 359 C =>T, 463 A=>G. Type material examined Holotype (here designated) SENEGAL • 1 specimen (skeleton); Bakel; MNHN-A10617. Past distribution Probably extinct, former range extended over Senegal (holotype) and potentially Gambia, Mauritania and Mali.
  • Published as part of Petzold, Alice, Magnant, Anne-Sophie, Edderai, David, Chardonnet, Bertrand, Rigoulet, Jacques, Saint-Jalme, Michel & Hassanin, Alexandre, 2020, First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens, pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 703 on page 24, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.703, http://zenodo.org/record/3989669