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range from the north bank of the Tana River and northern slopes 

 of Mt. Kenya, northwards across the Northern Guaso Nyiro 

 towards Southern Abyssinia, and as far west as Lake Rudolf. 



This Giraffe was originally described as a race of camelopardalis ; 

 owing to its very distinct colour pattern it appears worthy of full 

 specific rank. It is, however, quite possible that when more is 

 known concerning the East African Giraffes it may be found 

 that reticulata grades into the Uganda Giraffe (G-. camelopar- 

 dalis roihschildi) to the west of the Laikipia District and Lake 

 Rudolf, and into the Masai race (6r. camelopardalis tippehkirclii) 

 south of the Tana River. 



417 19. 7. 15. 444. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya 

 Colony. 



UGANDA GIRAFFE. 



GlEAFFA CAMELOPAEDALIS KOTHSCHILDI. 



" Five-horned Giraffe," Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, vol. ii. p. 474. 

 " Giraffe," Eidewood, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i. p. 151, figs. 4, 8, 



and 9. 

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



vol. ii. p. 122, 1903; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i. p. 210 j 1905, vol. i. 



p. 121 ; Game Animals of Africa, p. 358, 1908. 



Size larger than in reticulata ; anterior horn well-developed. 

 Ground colour yellowish buff or brownish buff, showing through 

 as a coarse network between the large blackish-brown blotches, 

 which are sometimes rectangular and other times very irregular in 

 shape. Dark blotches smaller on the neck and quite small on 

 head, the ground colour of which is occasionally considerably 

 lighter than that of the neck or body. A female specimen in the 

 Museum has the dark blotches chestnut-buff in colour, with 

 hardly any black suffusion. 



Typical locality, Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Celony; the 

 range extends westwards into Uganda and northwards from Lake 

 Baringo towards Lake Rudolf. 



418 19. 7. 15. 445. 1909. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony. 



