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What is the scientific name of a giraffe using

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Cervus camelopardalis

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Living giraffes were originally classified as one species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. He gave it the binomial name Cervus camelopardalis. Morten Thrane BrĂ¼nnich classified the genus Giraffa in 1772. The species name camelopardalis is from Latin.
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