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Show 1904.J SUBSPECIES OF GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS. 215 A n apparently lighter-coloured three-homed Giraffe than G. c. rothschildi; tlxe sexes nearly alike in the form and colour of the spots, the lower part of the legs (at least generally) more or less spotted and either whitish or olive-coloured. The spots in both sexes vexy irregular and jagged in contour, often displaying a distinctly star-like shape. Text-fig. 29. Anterior part of skin of female Kilimanjaro Giraffe (type of G.schillingsi Matschie), from Kilimanjaro district. It is not known whether or no the posterior, or occipital, horns are developed. As regards the history of this form, it may be mentioned as an |