MAMMALIA. 181 



Camelopardalus, Charlet. 

 Giraffe, Penn. Hist. Quad. i. 58. 



1. GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS. The GIRAFFE or CAMEL- 

 LEOPARD. 



Cervus Camelopardalis, Linn. S. N. i. 92 ; Erxleb. Syst. 294. 

 C. Capensis, Geoff. ; Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 134 ; Lesson, N. Tab. 



R. A. 168. 



Camelopardalis Giraffa a, Sundevall, Pecora, 52. 

 Giraffa Camelopardalis, Brisson, R. A. 61 ; Zimm. Geog. Gesch. 



ii. 125. 

 Camelopardalis Girafa, Gmelin, S. N. i. 181 ; Schreb. Saugth. 



1140. t. 255-255*; Desm. N. Diet. xiii. 165. t. B. 6; Mamm. 



449 ; F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xviii. 555 ; Lesson, N. Tab. R. A. 



168; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 170; List Osteol. B. M. 62; 



Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. t. 40; Thunb. Mem. Petersb. iii. 



311; J. Geoff. Diet. Class. H. N. vii. 354; Cretzschm. in 



Ruppell, Zool. Atlas, 23. t. 8, 9; Fischer, Syn. 455. 623; H. 



Smith, G. A. K. v. 80?. 



Var. 1. Paler. 



Camelopardalis Girafa |3. JSthiopica, Sundevall, Pecora, 52; Act. 



Stockh. 1842, 244. 

 Camelopardalis Sennaarensis, Geoff. 

 Camelopardalis ^thiopicus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 134. 

 Camelopardalis, Plin. H. IV.viii.; Gesner, Quad. 160. fig.; Alpin. 



Mg. i. 236. t. 14. f. 4. 

 Camelo-pardalus, Jonst. Quad. t. 39 ; Cateret, Phil. Trans. Ix. 



27. t. 1. 



Camelus Indicus, Jonst. Quad. t. 40. 

 Gyraife, Belon. Obs. 118. fig. 119. 

 Tragus Giraffa, Klein, Quad. 22. 

 Camelopard, Penn. Syn. 10; Quad. i. 65. f. 11. 

 Kamel paard, Vosmaer. Besch. t. , 1787. 

 Giraffe, Thevet. Cosmogr. i. 388. fig. 389; Buffon, H. N. xiii. 1; 



Supp. iii. 320. t. 64, 65; vii. 345. t. 81; Levaill. Trav. t ; 



Shaw, Zool. ii. 303. 1. 181, 182; Lichtenst. Reise, ii. 451,463; 



Clot Bey, Acad. Sci. Petersb. vi. 6 (anat.). 

 Giraffe or Cameleopard, Harris, W. A. S. A. t. 11, and head; 



Thibaut, Proc. Z. S. 1836. 

 Hab. Africa ; Cape of Good Hope ; ^Ethiopia ; Sennaar. West 



Africa; Senegal and Bornou. 



Male (16 feet high) and female. S. Africa. Presented by W. 

 Burchell, Esq., LL.D. 



Male (in bad state). S. Africa. Presented by the College of 

 Surgeons. Col. Paterson's specimen. 



