Record details

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:   8739
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1535CC
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown, Heather Allen
Date of record:   2013-12-20
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   211820
Species name:   Giraffa tippelskirchi
Common name:   Masai Giraffe
Family:   Giraffidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Giraffe
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-8739
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-06 10:45:23
Species name:   Giraffa giraffa giraffa -- South African Giraffe
Species code:   211830
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   This must be The Angolan giraffe G. c. angolensis I suspect
Date:   2014-09-27 09:56:57
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Walter Jubber
Comment:   This is Southern Giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis giraffe. The pattern on the back is closer to Southern rather than G. c. angolensis. G. c. angolensis traditionally only came just into the most western section of Zimbabwe.
Date:   2014-11-17 09:12:16
Species name:   Giraffa giraffa giraffa -- South African Giraffe
Species code:   211830

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