First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens Author Petzold, Alice E7FDAE2B-14A3-4B47-BD66-4E607AC5CEFB Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, UA, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon - CP 51 - 75005 Paris, France. alice.petzold1@mnhn.fr Author Magnant, Anne-Sophie C202CFC1-8E73-460D-B0B8-6B00964CF40B Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, UA, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon - CP 51 - 75005 Paris, France. annesophie.magnant@gmail.com Author Edderai, David 5EDAF19C-7E3E-44DE-B5DE-510B60FD81C7 Anville - 17750 Etaules, France. davidedderai@hotmail.fr Author Chardonnet, Bertrand 3E4DC1DB-5AF4-4574-A14C-5A19BB78E231 92210 Saint Cloud, France. bertrand.chardonnet@gmail.com Author Rigoulet, Jacques EC4BDEB1-B643-4D46-A960-D0BC44D0D9B3 Former address: Direction Générale Déléguée aux Musées, Jardins Botaniques et Zoologiques, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier - 75005 Paris, France. bertrand.chardonnet@gmail.com Author Saint-Jalme, Michel 7754B40E-DEB5-4133-B91E-0C0341D2211D Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR 7204 MNHN CNRS-UPMC, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle - 75005 Paris, France. michel.saint-jalme@mnhn.fr Author Hassanin, Alexandre 0DCC3E08-B2BA-4A2C-ADA5-1A256F24DAA1 Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, UA, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon - CP 51 - 75005 Paris, France. alexandre.hassanin@mnhn.fr text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-08-18 703 1 33 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.703 9c82f1d4-29d7-4be3-a3ca-dc0a4e5e2d65 2118-9773 3989669 4D9170AC-775A-4DBB-9F04-87FF91AF5336 Giraffa camelopardalis ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) Diagnosis Shanks white, presence of occipital horns, five ES in the Cytb gene: 186 A=> G, 288 G =>A, 333 A=>G, 597 C=>T, 924 C=>T; one ES in the CR: 462 A=>G; two ES in the CTAGE5 intron: 570 T=> C, 705 C=> G; two ES in the CWF19L1 intron: 263 T=> G, 264 T=> G; one ES in the DDX1 intron: 268 dACAT; one ES in the DHX36 intron: 50 iGTT; two ES in the SOS1 intron: 103 T=>C, 118 G=>A. Type material examined Neotype (here designated) ETHIOPIA • 1 specimen (skin and complete skeleton); Abyssinia ; MHNT-1996.121.2. Other specimens ETHIOPIA • 1 specimen (skull and skeleton parts); Abyssinia ; MNHN-A8012 . SUDAN • 1 specimen (skull), “Zarafa”; Sennar ; MNHN-1845-211 . Distribution Niger , Chad , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of Congo , South Sudan ( holotype ), Uganda , Somalia , Ethiopia ( neotype ), Kenya . Remarks The holotype designation was based on a living giraffe illustrated by Belon du Mans (1553) , which was not sampled for a museum collection. The neotype herein designated represents the most complete specimen (skin and complete skeleton) and has been the first giraffe to be dissected, providing several anatomical drawings (see Joly & Lavocat 1845 ).