Fig. 3. Median-joining network of mitochondrial haplotypes. The network was constructed in PopART 1.7 (Leigh & Bryant 2015) based on the mitochondrial sequences of 548 giraffes. The number of mutations between haplotypes is indicated by perpendicular lines on the branches and is specified if greater than 10. The size of the circles is proportional to the number of individuals sharing a certain haplotype with colours assigned by subspecies. The sample locations are indicated by triangles in the map and highlighted in bold capital letters for museum specimens. The subspecies marked with an asterisk represent formerly recognized subspecies, which were synonymized in recent classifications (e.g., Shorrocks 2016). Historical key specimens are highlighted by the respective abbreviation of the museum and the catalogue number.

Published as part of Petzold, Alice, Magnant, Anne-Sophie, Edderai, David, Chardonnet, Bertrand, Rigoulet, Jacques, Saint-Jalme, Michel & Hassanin, Alexandre, 2020, First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens, pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 703 on page 10, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.703, http://zenodo.org/record/3989669