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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.
The reticulated giraffe ( Giraffa reticulata[ 3] or Giraffa camelopardialis 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.
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 ...
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, Northern ...
Giraffidae. The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a 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 ...
Following Schreber's description of the South African giraffe, several specimens were described by other naturalists and zoologists since the end of the 18th century under different scientific names, which are all considered synonyms of Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa today: G. giraffa capensis by Lesson, 1842; G. giraffa australis by Rhoads, 1896
Officials at the Brights Zoo, a family-owned establishment in Limestone, Tennessee, revealed the adorable, 5-week-old giraffe's name live on TODAY on Sept. 5 after weeks of online voting by the ...
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 ...