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The present distribution and status of the giraffe in west Africa

Several papers have been published in Mammalia in the last few years on the distribution of the West African giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis paralta Thomas 1898. However, its exact distribution and numbers are still uncertain; this paper records some recent information on the subject and suggests reasons for the limited numbers at the present time. Another subspecies, antiquorum, is found in Kordofan and Darfur further to the east. Malbrant (1952) records that the giraffe east of the Chari river are similar

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