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perhaps better protected. It may likewise be this form which occurs 

 in the extreme eastern part of the Ubangi-Shari district of French 

 Equatorial Africa (cf. the account of G. c. peralta). If there is 

 any correspondence between its distribution and the Ubangi-Uelle 

 Savanna District of Chapin (1932, p. 90) or the Ubangi Savanna 

 District of Bowen (1933, pp. 256, 258), this subspecies may extend 

 considerably farther to the westward toward the Cameroon border. 



The Congo Giraffe is closely allied to the northern and eastern 

 subspecies. It is "characterised by the well-developed frontal horn," 

 by "the full spotting of the lower portion of the limbs/ 7 and by 

 "the large size and subquadrangular form of the body-spots, which 

 show no tendency to split up into stars." The sides of the head are 

 well spotted, and the terminal tuft of the tail is unusually large. 

 (Lydekker, 1904a, pp. 219-220.) 



Up to 1912 this Giraffe was known only from the type locality. 

 Then information became available indicating that its range ex- 

 tended into the province of Lado [now Mongalla] along the left 

 bank of the Nile. Dungu, the type locality, is probably one of the 

 extreme points in its range. (Schouteden, 1912, pp. 134-137.) 



"The race occurring on the west bank of the Nile may be 

 congoensis .... Giraffes were seen near Rejaf by Colonel Roose- 

 velt, at Lado Station by Major Powell-Cotton, and they have also 

 been reported in the vicinity of Mahaji west of the Albert Nyanza 

 by sportsmen. What race occurs in the Lado Enclave district is 

 at present unknown." (Roosevelt and Heller, 1914, vol. 1, p. 316.) 



The range of this animal in the Belgian Congo was exactly 

 that of the Northern White Rhino. Its rarity has remained as 

 great. There may not be more than four or five very small groups 

 of Giraffes in the northeast of the colony. For several years none 

 have been shot except a few under special authorization given to 

 naturalists. But the natives continue to hunt the few survivors. 

 Only the establishment of a national park here will save the last 

 Giraffes of the Belgian Congo. (A. J. Jobaert, in litt., November 

 10, 1936.) 



Baringo Giraffe; Uganda Giraffe. Girafe du Baringo (Fr.) 



GlRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS ROTHSCHILDI Lydekker 



Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi Lydekker, in Hutchinson's Animal Life, 

 vol. 2, p. 122, 1903. ("Guasin-gisha Plateau, to the south-east of Mount 

 Elgon and west of Lake Baringo, B. E. Africa, nearly 1 north of the 

 equator" (Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 3, p. 248).) 



SYNONYM: Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni Lydekker (1904). 



FIGS.: Bryden, 1899, pi. 14, fig. 2; Johnston, 1902, vol. 1, pi. facing p. 25 and 

 pp. 376-379, figs. 231-233; Lydekker, 1904a, pis. 12-13 and pp. 211-213, 

 figs. 26-27; Powell-Cotton, 1904, pis. facing pp. 194, 387; Lydekker, 19056, 

 pi. 12, fig. 3; Lankester, 1907, p. 121, fig. 44; Lydekker, 1908, pi. 14, fig. 



