Table 1 in First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens

Table 1. Currently accepted giraffe subspecies (Muller et al. 2018) with their synonyms (modified after Shorrocks 2016).
SubspeciesDescriptionType specimenType localitySynonymscamelopardalisLinnaeus 1758Living giraffe illustrated by Belon du Mans (1553), never deposited in a museum collection.Sennar (Sudan) and EthiopiaCamelopardalis biturigum Duvernoy, 1844 Camelopardalis aethiopica Ogilby, 1837 Giraffa camelopardalis typica Bryden, 1899giraffaBoddaert 1784Specimens of the Prince of Orange Museum (The Hague) and of Vosmaer (1787) (Museum Leiden), Netherlands.Cape of Good Hope, South AfricaCamelopardalis capensis Lesson, 1842 Camelopardalis australis Swainson, 1835 Camelopardalis maculata Weinland, 1863 Giraffa camelopardalis wardi Lydekker, 1904antiquorumJardine 1835SMF-498: unspec. type and SMF-497: paratypeSouth of Darfour, SudanGiraffa camelopardalis senaariensis Trouessart, 1898 Giraffa camelopardalis congoensis Lydekker, 1903peraltaThomas 1898NHMUK-1898.2.18.1Lokoja junction Niger and Benue rivers, Nigeria–tippelskirchiMatschie 1898ZMB-084951 (syntype); second specimen might be considered lostLake Eyasi, TanzaniaGiraffa schillingsi Matschie, 1898reticulatade Winton 1899NHMUK-18971.30.1Loroghi Mountains, KenyaGiraffa hagenbecki Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910 Giraffa reticulata nigrescens Lydekker, 1911 Giraffa camelopardalis australis Rhoads, 1896rothschildiLydekker 1903NHMUK-1903.4.15.1Guasin-gisha Plateau east of Mount Elgon, KenyaGiraffa camelopardalis cottoni Lydekker, 1904angolensisLydekker 1903NHMUK- 1939.480Cunene River, AngolaGiraffa camelopardalis infumata Noack, 1908thornicroftiLydekker 1911NHMUK-1910.10.17.1Petauke district, Zambia–