Supplement on the paper of: Extensive population genetic structure in the giraffe.
Brown et al. (pp. 63/64, if I counted correctly, – the page numbers on the PDF of the paper are “not for citation puposes”) suggest “that the giraffe might represent more than one species” and that their results and arguments “support viewing the giraffe as containing multiple distinct species rather than a single polymorphic form. […]
Multi locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One
Fennessy et al. show that multi-locus population genetic analyses indicate four distinct giraffe species instead of one. As the most inclusive genetic analysis of giraffe relationships to date, the findings highlight the need for targeted conservation efforts of the world’s tallest megafauna.