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Contents. April (giraffe) April (April 18, 2000 – April 2, 2021) was a reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, in the United States. She gained worldwide fame after live videos of her in the late stages of pregnancy and the subsequent birth were uploaded to YouTube in 2017.
This elongation largely takes place after birth, perhaps because giraffe mothers would have a difficult time giving birth to young with the same neck proportions as adults. [63] 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. [19] [64] [37]
Over 100 Masai giraffe live under human care in AZA accredited zoos in the United States. [19] At several zoos, Masai giraffe cows have become pregnant and successfully given birth. [20] Masai giraffes can suffer from giraffe skin disease, which is a disorder of unknown etiology that causes lesion on the forelimbs.
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Lydekker, 1903. Rothschild's giraffe's range in light green. Synonyms. G.c. rothschildi (Lydekker, 1903) Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis ) is an ecotype of the Nubian giraffe. It is one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe, with 1,399 mature individuals estimated in the wild in 2018.
Qi denotes the male and lin denotes the female [8] according to Shuowen Jiezi. [9] [10] The legendary image of the qilin became associated with the image of the giraffe in the Ming dynasty. [11] [12] The identification of the qilin with giraffes began after Zheng He's 15th-century voyage to East Africa (landing, among other places, in modern ...
The Reticulated giraffe is a herbivore feeding on leaves, shoots, and shrubs. Their up to 30 centimeter long blue tongue is used to strip the branches of acacia trees, their primary food source. [ 4 ] They spend most of their day feeding, roughly 13 hours/day, eating up to 34 kilograms of food per day. [ 12 ]
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 ...