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  2. Northern giraffe - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Ossicone - Wikipedia

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    It had been argued that the so-called ossicones known from fossils were actually horns, but later research showed that these structures are consistent with the ossicones of giraffes and okapi. [6] The following is a list of some ossicone-bearing genera: Giraffidae †Bramatherium (2 pairs) †Decennatherium (1 pair) Giraffa (giraffes; 1 pair)

  4. Giraffidae - Wikipedia

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    The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a recent common ancestor with deer and bovids.This family, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, presently comprises only two extant genera, the giraffe (between one and eight, usually four, species of Giraffa, depending on taxonomic interpretation) and the okapi (the only known species of Okapia).

  5. Baby Giraffe Gets the Zoomies and People Can’t Get Enough - AOL

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    Fun Baby Giraffe Facts. Giraffe babies are born big, really big! At birth, they weigh between 110-150 pounds and stand at 6 feet tall. ... They look like miniatures copies of mom, but their horns ...

  6. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe's head and neck are held up by large muscles and a nuchal ligament, which are anchored by long thoracic vertebrae spines, giving them a hump. [17] [62] [35] Adult male reticulated giraffe feeding high on an acacia, in Kenya. The giraffe's neck vertebrae have ball and socket joints.

  7. Zoo Asks for Help Identifying 'Mysterious Winged and Horned ...

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    The Bristol Zoo Project has a mystery for you.. On Oct. 22, the wildlife conservation park in England posted on Facebook that it wanted help with an animal identification. According to the post ...

  8. Giraffomorpha - Wikipedia

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    Giraffomorpha is a clade of pecoran ruminants containing the superfamilies Palaeomerycoidea (Palaeomerycidae) and Giraffoidea (Giraffidae, Prolibytheriidae and Climacoceratidae), of which the giraffe and okapi of the Giraffidae are the only extant members of the once-diverse clade as a result of a decline in diversity after the Miocene as a result of declines in temperatures.

  9. List of mammals of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Reticulated giraffe Topi Red-fronted gazelle African buffalo Common eland Blue duiker Mountain nyala. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great ...