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== Giraffe ==
Buonasera. Non vi sembra un po' «prematuro» suddividere già la [[giraffa]] (''Giraffa camelopardalis'') in quattro specie distinte? La pagina IUCN (sempre aggiornata, come ben sappiamo) sembra essere piuttosto titubante a riguardo:
{{Citazione|The IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group (GOSG) currently recognizes a single species, ''Giraffa camelopardalis''. Nine subspecies of Giraffes are currently recognized (Dagg 2014), although some authorities dispute this taxonomic classification (e.g., Groves and Grubb 2011). Several subpopulations of Giraffe, resident in northern Botswana, northwest Zimbabwe, northeastern Namibia and southwestern Zambia, are potentially either ''G. c. angolensis'', or ''G. c. giraffa'' but the continued accumulation of information indicates that a future reassessment might be in order. Until an extensive reassessment of the taxonomic status of giraffes is completed, therefore, it is premature to alter the taxonomic ''status quo''. This assessment is based upon an interim consensus that a single species of giraffes is resident on the African continent.}}
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