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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. The giraffe and the okapi have characteristic long necks and long legs. Ossicones are present on males and females in the giraffe, but only on males in the okapi.
The southern giraffe ... 51 Around 13,000 animals are estimated to remain in the wild; and about 20 are kept in zoos. [5] South African giraffe ...
The four giraffes at Potawatomi Zoo have been a top attraction the past couple of years. Now a female is joining with the hope for breeding.
Reticulated giraffes are a species of giraffes with brown and orange spots. They are native to Africa and in 2018 were listed as endangered, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.
The number of animals in the wild have declined in recent decades, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. There were about 155,000 giraffes in Africa in the 1980s compared to about ...
Compared to most other subspecies, the Kordofan giraffe is relatively small at 3.8 to 4.7 meters, [5] with more irregular spots on the inner legs. There are around 2,300 individuals living in the wild. [6] In the wild, female Kordofan giraffes live in loose groups, whilst males live solitary. [4] They have an average lifespan of around 35 years ...
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 ...