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  2. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies.

  3. Rothschild's giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Lydekker, 1903. Rothschild's giraffe's range in light green. Synonyms. G.c. rothschildi (Lydekker, 1903) Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis ) is an ecotype of the Nubian giraffe. It is one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe, with 1,399 mature individuals estimated in the wild in 2018.

  4. Northern giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Linnaeus, 1758. The northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), also known as three-horned giraffe, [2] is the type species of giraffe, G. camelopardalis, and is native to North Africa, although alternative taxonomic hypotheses have proposed the northern giraffe as a separate species. [3][1] Once abundant throughout Africa since the 19th century ...

  5. Reticulated giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The Reticulated giraffe is a herbivore feeding on leaves, shoots, and shrubs. Their up to 30 centimeter long blue tongue is used to strip the branches of acacia trees, their primary food source. [ 4 ] They spend most of their day feeding, roughly 13 hours/day, eating up to 34 kilograms of food per day. [ 12 ]

  6. Masai giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi[2]), also spelled Maasai giraffe, and sometimes called the Kilimanjaro giraffe, is a species or subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive jagged, irregular leaf-like blotches that extend from the ...

  7. ‘Beloved and iconic’: Skye the giraffe dies at the age of 26 ...

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    1-year-old giraffe Skye, center, is seen with Gunrun, 10 months, greeting 4-year-old Val-lynn-tine at the Sacramento Zoo on July 19, 1999. The pair of young reticulated giraffes had just completed ...

  8. Southern giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa), also known as two-horned giraffe, [ 1 ] is a species of giraffe native to Southern Africa. [ 2 ] However, the IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Southern giraffes have rounded or blotched spots, some with star-like extensions on a light tan background ...

  9. Annoyed Giraffe Timidly ‘Whacks’ Herd Mate at Potawatomi Zoo

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    Interesting Giraffe Facts Giraffes actually fight using this same technique to establish dominance during mating season. Raw Tribe explains more about this neck-to-neck combat, "Giraffe fights ...