What was One Species of Giraffe is Now Four

[BillT]

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/surprise-there-are-four-species-giraffe-not-one?utm_campaign=news_daily_2016-09-08&et_rid=33537079&et_cid=789320

[Mugwump]

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/surprise-there-are-four-species-giraffe-not-one?utm_campaign=news_daily_2016-09-08&et_rid=33537079&et_cid=789320

That's really pretty interesting....thanx

[BillT]

As people look more closely at different species, they will find cases were there are really more than one species.

Examples among fish I am familiar with include:

Danio dangilia like fish: now four or more different species
pearl danio (or Brachydanio albolineata): probably many similar species. One now know as a separate species is the rosy danio (Brachydanio rosea).
Danio (or Celestichthys) choprae: a very similar species has been found: Danio (or Celestichthys) flagrans