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

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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.