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What is the scientific name of a giraffe using binomial nomenclature?

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Answer:

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 Brünnich classified the genus Giraffa in 1772. The species name camelopardalis is from Latin.

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Answer:

its Giraffa camelopardalis

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