†Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967 (giraffe)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Belongs to Giraffa according to L. S. B. Leakey 1967
See also Harris et al. 2010 and Mitchell and Skinner 2003
Sister taxa: Giraffa camelopardalis, Giraffa pomeli, Giraffa priscilla, Giraffa punjabiensis, Giraffa pygmaea, Giraffa sivalensis, Giraffa stillei, Camelopardalis sivalensis, Camelopardalis microdon
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (5 collections), Kenya (9), Tanzania (9)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (3), Kenya (4), Malawi (1), Tanzania (23), Turkey (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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