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Giraffe skeleton on display at the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City. Fully grown giraffes stand 4.3–5.7 m (14–19 ft) tall, with males taller than females. [45] The average weight is 1,192 kg (2,628 lb) for an adult male and 828 kg (1,825 lb) for an adult female. [46] Despite its long neck and legs, its body is relatively short.
The giraffe stands 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall, with males taller than females. ... whereas the okapi has a shoulder height of 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in). ... with their weight ...
The Masai giraffe's most famous feature, its neck, contains seven vertebrae and makes up roughly one third of its body height. Its long and muscular tongue, which can be up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) in length, is prehensile and allows it to grab leaves from tall trees that are inaccessible to other animals.
With up to 6 meters in height, the reticulated giraffe is the largest subspecies of giraffe and the tallest land animal in general. [4] [6] While the reticulated giraffe may yet still be found in parts of its historic range, such as areas of Somalia and Ethiopia, its population stronghold is primarily within Kenya.
The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and has a typical body length around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). Its weight ranges from 200 to 350 kg (440 to 770 lb). It has a long neck, and large, flexible ears.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed new protections for giraffes, saying their populations are threatened by poaching, habitat loss and climate change.
A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name.
The heaviest land mammal is the African bush elephant, which has a weight of up to 10.1 t (11.1 short tons).It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kg (500 lb) of vegetation a day.