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  2. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The coat patterns of modern giraffes may also have coincided with these habitat changes. Asian giraffes are hypothesised to have had more okapi-like colourations. [6] The giraffe genome is around 2.9 billion base pairs in length, compared to the 3.3 billion base pairs of the okapi. Of the proteins in giraffe and okapi genes, 19.4% are identical.

  3. Southern giraffe - Wikipedia

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    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, running down to the hooves. They range from South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Their approximate ...

  4. The Strange Way Giraffes Fight - AOL

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    Giraffe necks do more than help them reach high leaves in trees. They can keep a lookout for predators, but there is another reason they may have such long necks. Some scientists think giraffes ...

  5. South African giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The South African giraffe or Cape giraffe (Giraffa giraffa [2] or Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) is a species or subspecies of giraffe found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mozambique. It has rounded or blotched spots, some with star-like extensions on a light tan background, running down to the hooves.

  6. Spotless giraffe — first ever seen in wild — photographed ...

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    The “plain brown” giraffe was seen on a game reserve in southwestern Africa, a wildlife organization said. Spotless giraffe — first ever seen in wild — photographed with mom in Namibia. See it

  7. 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]

  8. Listen and Find Out Why Giraffes Hum - AOL

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    The post Listen and Find Out Why Giraffes Hum appeared first on A-Z Animals.

  9. Rothschild's giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The third ossicone can often be seen in the center of the giraffe's forehead, and the other two are behind each ear. Regarding the hybridization and habitat of the species: Rothschild’s giraffes have different genetic markers that other species usually do not, which keeps their populations safe from extinction and hybridization overlap.