1904. 



SUBSPECTES OF GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS. 



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All apparently lighter-coloured three-horned Giraffe than 

 G. c. rothschildi ; the sexes nearly alike in the form and colour of 

 the spots, the lower part of the legs (at least generally) more or 

 less spotted and either whitish or olive-coloured. The spots in 

 both sexes very ii^regular and jagged in contour, often displaying 

 a distinctly star-like shape. 



Text- fig. 29. 



Anterior part of skin of female Kilimanjaro Giraffe (type of G.scliillingsi Matscliie), 

 from Kilimanjaro district. 



It is not known whether or no the posterior, or occipital, horns 

 are developed. 



As regards the history of this form, it may be mentioned as an 



