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Describer (Date):P.L. Sclater (1901) Proceedings of the Zoological
Society of London, 1901 vol. I p. 50
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla (nearly 200 species of even-toed, hoofed mammals)
Suborder: Ruminantia (cud-chewing cattle, goats, sheep, bison, giraffes and more)
Family: Giraffidae (only two species - giraffes and okapis)
Genus: Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe)
Genus: Okapi (okapi)
Species: Okapia johnstoni
Nomenclature
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![]() From African Mammal Databank. Based on Bodmer & Rabb (1992) and Kingdon (1997). |
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