User:SebastianHelm/Giraffe

The following table, which compares the different hypotheses for giraffe species, has been copied from Giraffe, with some columns, above all the Description column, reduced so as to fit on a page.

Abbreviations: G: Giraffa or giraffe, c: camelopardalis, N: Northern, S: Southern, SA: South African, WA: West African. ♂︎ml: median lump in males – ♂︎ml+ well developed, ♂︎ml- absent ♂︎ml(-) usually less developed or ♂︎ml(+) usually present. Abbreviations only in headlines: simple numbers: different taxonomies such as 1 = One species taxonomy, wild: number in the wild, zoo: number in zoos. In the Latin name, an asterisk for the epitheton indicates that it can be either “camelopardalis” or “giraffa” or left out, depending on the taxonomy used.

Background coloring of the taxonomy columns has been taken from the color of the distribution map, as far as possible.