Rothschild, Kordofan, Nubian and Rhodesian are all species of which animal?
Nubian giraffe by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in the "Systema Naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis" in 1758. He described the giraffe from Ethiopia or Sennar of Eastern Sudan. A 2016 analysis of giraffe subspecies proposed the Rothschild's giraffe ("G. c. rothschildi") could be considered a conspecific ecotype of the Nubian giraffe, however these results are not definitive. Following Linnaeus's description of the Nubian giraffe, several specimens were described by other naturalists and zoologists since the end of the 18th century under different scientific names, which are all considered synonyms of "Giraffa camelopardalis
Hill Nubian languages Nubian lies within the Eastern Sudanic family, which is part of the Nilo-Saharan phylum. There are seven Hill Nubian languages, according to "Ethnologue" and Glottolog. Some of the languages have dialects. Their internal classification within Hull Nubian is not well established. Glottolog classifies Hill Nubian (Kordofan Nubian) into two branches: Eastern Kordofan Nubian and Western Kordofan Nubian, containing three and four languages respectively. "Ethnologue", however, only groups Kadaru and Ghulfan together, leaving the rest unclassified within Hill Nubian, as follows: Additionally, one extinct language known only from a word list of 36 words, Haraza, is unclassified within Hill Nubian. More