Jerapah Thornicroft: Perbedaan antara revisi

Jerapah Thornicroft (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti), juga dikenal sebagai jerapah Rhodesia atau jerapah Luangwa, adalah subspesies jerapah. Kadang-kadang dianggap sebagai spesies tersendiri (sebagai Giraffa thornicrofti)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Groves |first=Colin P. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1202771597 |title=Ungulate taxonomy |date=2011 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |others=Peter Grubb |isbn=978-1-4214-0329-8 |location=Baltimore, Md. |oclc=1202771597}}</ref> atau subspesies dari jerapah Masai (sebagai Giraffa tippelskirchi thornicrofti).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fennessy |first1=Julian |last2=Bidon |first2=Tobias |last3=Reuss |first3=Friederike |last4=Kumar |first4=Vikas |last5=Elkan |first5=Paul |last6=Nilsson |first6=Maria A. |last7=Vamberger |first7=Melita |last8=Fritz |first8=Uwe |last9=Janke |first9=Axel |date=2016 |title=Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=26 |issue=18 |pages=2543–2549 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.036|pmid=27618261 |s2cid=3991170 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Petzold |first1=Alice |last2=Hassanin |first2=Alexandre |date=2020-02-13 |editor-last=Joger |editor-first=Ulrich |title=A comparative approach for species delimitation based on multiple methods of multi-locus DNA sequence analysis: A case study of the genus Giraffa (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=e0217956 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0217956 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=7018015 |pmid=32053589|doi-access=free |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1517956P }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Coimbra |first1=Raphael T.F. |last2=Winter |first2=Sven |last3=Kumar |first3=Vikas |last4=Koepfli |first4=Klaus-Peter |last5=Gooley |first5=Rebecca M. |last6=Dobrynin |first6=Pavel |last7=Fennessy |first7=Julian |last8=Janke |first8=Axel |date=2021 |title=Whole-genome analysis of giraffe supports four distinct species |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=31 |issue=13 |pages=2929–2938.e5 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.033|pmid=33957077 |s2cid=233983230 |doi-access=free |url=http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/62914/1-s2-0-S0960982221005467-main.pdf }}</ref> Secara geografis terisolasi, hanya terdapat di Lembah Luangwa Selatan di Zambia.<ref name="Fennessy, Julian 2013">Fennessy, Julian, et al. "Mitochondrial DNA analyses show that Zambia's South Luangwa Valley giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti'') are genetically isolated." African Journal of Ecology 51.4 (2013): 635–640.</ref> Diperkirakan 550 ekor hidup di alam liar, tanpa populasi penangkaran. Umurnya adalah 22 tahun untuk jantan dan 28 tahun untuk betina.<ref name="Berry, P. S. M. 2012">Berry, P. S. M., and F. B. Bercovitch. "Darkening coat colour reveals life history and life expectancy of male Thornicroft's giraffes." Journal of Zoology 287.3 (2012): 157–160.</ref> Ekotipe ini awalnya dinamai Harry Scott Thornicroft, seorang komisaris di Rhodesia Timur Laut dan kemudian Rhodesia Utara. IUCN mengklasifikasikannya sebagai spesies rentan.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/73/0 |title=Thornicroft's Giraffe |author=Bercovitch, F.|author2=Carter, K. |author3=Fennessy, J. |author4=Tutchings, A. |year=2018 |accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref>▼