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Giraffidae (giraffe)
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Taxonomy
Giraffidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); to Pecora by Flower (1883); to Ruminantia by Gregory (1910); to Giraffoidea by Hamilton (1978); to Artiodactyla by Nowak (1991); to Cervoidea by Carroll (1988) and Khan and Sarwar (2002); to Pecora by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Pecora by Flower and Lydekker (1891), Matthew (1908), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Spaulding et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); to Pecora by Flower (1883); to Ruminantia by Gregory (1910); to Giraffoidea by Hamilton (1978); to Artiodactyla by Nowak (1991); to Cervoidea by Carroll (1988) and Khan and Sarwar (2002); to Pecora by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Pecora by Flower and Lydekker (1891), Matthew (1908), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Spaulding et al. (2009).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Giraffidae Gray p. 307 |
| 1883 | Giraffidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Giraffidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90 |
| 1908 | Giraffidae Matthew p. 561 |
| 1910 | Giraffidae Gregory p. 466 |
| 1978 | Giraffidae Hamilton p. 185 |
| 1988 | Giraffidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Giraffidae Nowak |
| 2002 | Giraffidae Khan and Sarwar p. 140 |
| 2003 | Giraffidae Hassanin and Douzery |
| 2008 | Giraffidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2009 | Giraffidae Spaulding et al. |
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