. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. GIEAFFID^ 247 D.—GiraiFa camelopardalis cottoni, Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni, Lydehher, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i, p. 207, 1905, vol. i, pi. xii, Game Animals of Africa, p. 360, 1908 ; Powell-Cotton, TJnTinoivn Africa, p. 388, pi, facing p. 387, 1904; Lanhester, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 121, fig. 44; M. de BothscMld and Neuville, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 9, vol. xiii, p. 104, 1911. Typical locality Koten Plain (2,550 feet), south of Toposa * (about lat. 3° 50' N. by long. 34° 30' E.), Uganda, lyin
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. GIEAFFID^ 247 D.—GiraiFa camelopardalis cottoni, Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni, Lydehher, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i, p. 207, 1905, vol. i, pi. xii, Game Animals of Africa, p. 360, 1908 ; Powell-Cotton, TJnTinoivn Africa, p. 388, pi, facing p. 387, 1904; Lanhester, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 121, fig. 44; M. de BothscMld and Neuville, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 9, vol. xiii, p. 104, 1911. Typical locality Koten Plain (2,550 feet), south of Toposa * (about lat. 3° 50' N. by long. 34° 30' E.), Uganda, lying due south of Lado. Apparently in some degree intermediate between the preceding and the following race, although nearer to the latter, so far at least as the adult male is concerned. Compared with rothschildi, the spots on the neck are. Pig. 43.—Skull of Toposa Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni). a, Azygous orbital " ; chestnut-brown instead of black, and more regular and quadrangular in form, without any tendency to be split up by lines radiating from the centre. 4. 1. 21. 1. Head and neck, mounted (fig. 45, A, p. 255), and skull (fig. 43). Koten Plain, south of Toposa, Uganda. Type; the skull has been cut, so that the frontal region is separate from the basal portion. Presented hy Majm- P. H. G. Povjell-Gotton, 1904. * Mis-spelt Topora in original description, gave the locality of the type as Mount Blgon. Lankester, op. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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