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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] Once abundant throughout Africa since the 19th century, the northern ...

  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. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The name "giraffe" has its earliest known origins in the Arabic word zirāfah (زِرَافَةْ), of an ultimately unclear Sub-Saharan African language origin. [2] The Middle English and early Modern English spellings, jarraf and ziraph, derive from the Arabic form-based Spanish and Portuguese girafa. [3]

  5. 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).

  6. List of nocturnal animals - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. ... Giraffe (possibly crepuscular) Gray wolf [33] Great grey slug [34] [35] Great white shark [36 ...

  7. List of mammals of Kaziranga National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park contains significant breeding populations of more than 35 mammalian species, [1] out of which 15 are threatened according to the IUCN Red List. [ 2 ] The park has the world's single largest breeding population of Indian rhinoceros , [ 2 ] with the 2006 census estimating the population to be around 1,855, around 70% of the world's wild ...

  8. List of extant megaherbivores - Wikipedia

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    Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) The giraffe is a large ruminant native to sub-Saharan Africa. [30] It is the tallest terrestrial animal and has an extremely long neck and legs. The neck can grow up to 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). [31] Male and female giraffes both have horn-like structures called ossicones, which in males can reach 13.5 cm (5.3 in). [32]

  9. Reticulated giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata [3] or Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata [4]) is a species/subspecies of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa. It is differentiated from other types of giraffe by its coat, which consists of large, polygonal (or squared), block-like spots, which extend onto the lower legs, tail and face.

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