The West African giraffe (Giraffa peralta[2] or Giraffa camelopardalis peralta), also known as the Niger giraffe[1] is a species or subspecies of the giraffe distinguished by its light colored spots. Its last self-sustaining herd is in southwest Niger, supported by a series of refuges in Dosso Region and the tourist center at Kouré, some 80km southeast of Niamey.[3][4]
In the 19th century it ranged from Senegal to Lake Chad,[5] yet in 2011 this subspecies only survives in a few isolated pockets containing about 400 individuals in total.[6] All captive so-called "West African giraffe" are now known to be the Kordofan giraffe (G. c. antiquorum).[5]
^ abFennessy, J.; Marais, A.; Tutchings, A. (2018). "Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. peralta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136913A51140803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136913A51140803.en.
^Groves, Colin; Grubb, Peter (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy. JHU Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN 9781421400938.
^Niger : la population des girafes augmente de 24% en 2011 (officiel) Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, 2012-03-01.
^Galadima, Mariama (16 July 2008). "Le Sanctuaire des Girafes". Centre d'Echange d'Informations sur la Biodiversité du Niger.
^ abCite error: The named reference online abstract was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Fennessy, Julian; Bidon, Tobias; Reuss, Friederike; Kumar, Vikas; Elkan, Paul; Nilsson, Maria A.; Vamberger, Melita; Fritz, Uwe; Janke, Axel (2016). "Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One". Current Biology. 26 (18): 2543–2549. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.036. PMID 27618261.
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