Table 2 Divergence time estimates (median heights and 95% highest posterior density intervals) obtained from BEAST based on 1,565 nt mtDNA

G. c. giraffa plus tippelskirchi plus angolensis vs. antiquorum plus rothschildi plus peralta plus reticulata

2.0 (1.4 - 2.8)*

G. c. giraffa plus tippelskirchi vs. angolensis

1.4 (0.9 - 2.1)*

G. c. giraffa vs. tippelskirchi

0.6 (0.4 - 0.9)*

G. c. giraffa

0.1 (0.02 - 0.2)

G. c. tippelskirchi

0.4 (0.2 - 0.7)

G. c. angolensis

0.2 (0.1 - 0.4)*

G. c. antiquorum vs. rothschildi plus peralta plus reticulata

0.8 (0.5 - 1.1)*

G. c. rothschildi plus peralta vs. reticulata

0.7 (0.4 - 1.0)

G. c. rothschildi vs. peralta

0.5 (0.3 - 0.8)

G. c. antiquorum

0.4 (0.2 - 0.7)*