GiraffeGiraffa camelopardalis
Location, Habitat and Diet
Giraffes live in small groups in parts of Africa where food is adequate, south of the Saharan Desert.
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GIRAFFE, a corruption of Zarafah, the Arabic name for the tallest of all mammals, and the typical representative of the family Giraffidae, the distinctive characters of which are given in the article Pecora, ...
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Giraffes are the tallest animals of all. They have long legs and long necks. There are 7 bones in their necks, the same as in ours. Males can grow to nearly five and a half metres tall, and females to nearly five metres tall.
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Giraffe: Giraffa camelopardalis
Distribution: Africa, south of the Sahara desert, in open woodland and wooded grassland.
Height including horns: Male, 4.7-5.3m. Female, 3.94.5m.
Giraffe Gestation: Giraffe gestation lasts between 14 and 15 months, after which a single calf is born. The mother gives birth standing up and the embryonic sack actually bursts when the baby falls to the ground. Newborn giraffes are about 1.
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Giraffa camelopardalis
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Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is one of the characteristic large mammals that one may see when visiting game parks in much of southern Africa.
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African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters.
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Mammal. The giraffe is the tallest mammal, reaching as high as 5.5 meters (18 feet). Although their necks are much longer, giraffes have only seven vertebrae, the same number as most mammals.
Giraffes can be found in the savannas of eastern, southern, and central Africa. They like the dry climate and open plains as well as denser forest where they find the plants that they most often eat.
Giraffe form scattered herds, the compositions of which are constantly changing. Although gregarious, the individual is the social unit in giraffe society. Home ranges are large, about 46 sq. miles.
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Like human fingerprints, the markings of a giraffe's coat are unique to each individual. When groups are gathered, the patterns act as disruptive camouflage, confusing potential predators.
Giraffes live in herds in African grasslands and eat tree leaves. Giraffes can go for days without water. In order to drink water, the giraffe has to spread its front legs and bend its long neck to the water.
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Giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis.
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are hoofed mammals with long legs and a long neck. Their skin is a patchwork of dark chestnut spots separated by thin cream colored lines.
Giraffe Characteristics
The giraffe is the tallest living animal which is instantly recognizable by its exceptionally long neck. Adult males stand 15 - 19 feet (4.6 - 6.0 metres) tall, whereas females are shorter at 13 - 16 feet (4 - 4.8 metres) tall.
Giraffes use their height to good advantage and browse on leaves and buds in treetops that few other animals can reach (acacias are a favorite). Even the giraffe's tongue is long! ...
Giraffes used to live in most of the open country of continental Africa. They were wiped out of Egypt by 2600 BC and from western and southern Africa in the 20th century. The largest populations of wild giraffes now live in Tanzania.
Giraffes can rest standing, but they often lie down with their legs folded beneath them. The neck is held vertical except during short periods of sleep, usually about five minutes duration, when the head is rested on the rump.
Giraffe Animal of Africa living in the open country is south of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, a male maybe 18 ft. from the hoof to the Crown.
RANGE:
Giraffes can be found in central, eastern and southern Africa.
HABITAT:
Giraffes live in the savannas of Africa, where they roam freely among the tall trees, arid land, dense forests and open plains.
Diet: Giraffes are plant-eaters, eating mostly leaves, twigs and bark from the tops of the thorny acacia plant. The giraffes carefully eat around the thorns, and their tough lips and thick saliva protect them somewhat from the thorns.
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Giraffes use their necks and heads as sledgehammers to settle disputes.
Masai Giraffe
Range
Southern Kenya and Tanzania
Habitat
Savannas and open woodland; living often in semi-desert regions.
Giraffes are hunted for their hides, hair, and meat. In addition, habitat destruction also hurts the giraffe. In the Sahel trees are cut down for firewood and to make way for livestock.
Giraffes strip leaves from thorny acacia trees, sometimes colonized by ants, with their 45 cm (18 in.) long, prehensile tongues.
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Bull giraffes forage higher in trees than cow giraffes which reduces food competition between the sexes.
Giraffes are best known for their very long necks and the striking coat pattern of irregular brown patches on a lighter background. Each giraffe has a pattern of blotches that is unique to that individual, like a human fingerprint.
Giraffes are known for their spotted coats. Different subspecies (types) of giraffes have different patterns of spots. Reticulated giraffes (the kind we have at the Saint Louis Zoo) have large brown spots separated by cream-colored lines.
Giraffes have very keen eyesight, allowing them to keep other members of the herd in sight. They also have good hearing and sense of smell. Giraffes have scent glands that give off a pungent odor.
Giraffes have the same number of bones in their neck as humans do.
Baby giraffes are about 6 feet tall when they are born.
They are one of the few animals born with horns.
Giraffes are normally silent and don't make much vocal noise. The calves make a bleat sound and mewing call, the cows will call their young with a bellowing sound and the bulls may cough to send out a message to other giraffes.
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Reticulated Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardis reticulata
Range:
The Reticulated Giraffe are found in northeast Kenya and is interspersed in central and southern Africa.
HOW IT MOVES: Giraffe has two ways to locomote. Walk and gallop. In galloping it can reach the top speed of 37 mph [60 kph] The giraffe's legs work in pairs like a running rabbit. To drink, a giraffe must either straddle or bend its forelegs.
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Africa Mammals Guide Information: They are the tallest animals in the world, standing at a height of a double-decker bus. Their exceptionally long necks and legs enable them to reach the tips of high trees.
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Spectacularly tall, the giraffe has a very long neck with a short, upstanding mane, and high shoulders that slope steeply to the... More 85 Images 45 Videos ...
Masai giraffe
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed;
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Maasai Giraffe
We saw three types of giraffes in different parks in Kenya. The common or Maasai giraffe pictured here was graceful and beautiful. The other two types were also graceful, and even more beautiful.
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Giraffes inhabits arid, dry land. They seek out areas enriched with Acacia growth. Giraffes are found in savannas, grasslands, or open woodlands. Because they only occasionally drink, giraffes can be found away from a water source.
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Giraffes necking (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Ithala Game Reserve, Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
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Giraffes live in open woodlands and gather food with their tongues. Their necks which make up half of their height allow them to reach leaves far above the ground. They are able to watch for danger because they are so tall.
Reticulated Giraffe
Towering up to 19 feet tall, the giraffe is the tallest of all living land animals. The long neck and legs of the giraffe allow them to browse on the leaves and twigs of trees, especially acacia trees.
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Giraffe seahorse, Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854
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Some indisputable unique and very interesting mammals did not make the list, including Giraffe and Hippopotamus shown in the opening photos.
I don't have any good news regarding the calf of Giraffe. We spent the day with them trying our best. Giraffe defended her calf from us until sunset.
Tropical grassland animals (which do not all occur in the same area) include giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, kangaroos, mice, moles, gophers, ground squirrels, snakes, worms, termites, beetles, lions, leopards, hyenas, and elephants.
Giraffes can live in the same area as gazelles because they eat different plants and don't compete with each other. Dung beetles bury the feces of these animals and lay their eggs in it. The hatching grubs feed on the feces.
Lions eat everything from tortoises to giraffes, but tend to hunt the prey they grew up eating, and food choices differ among prides. Lions are the only truly sociable cats. Prides include from 2 or 3 to 40 lions.
The antelopes, deer, and various other hoofed animals like camels, giraffes, pigs, and horses include some of the rarest and most endangered animals on earth.
Artiodactyls range from the rabbit-sized "mouse deer" of southeast Asia to the three-ton giant hippopotamus and ten-foot giraffes.
The Okapi is a primitive giraffe, about the size of a horse, found in a small region of rainforest in the Congo. It has striped legs like a zebra to help it blend into the shadows of the forest and a long neck to reach leaves above the floor.
Some more examples of herbivores are Elephants, Giraffe, Kudu, Warthog, Impala, Rhino, Hippo and Zebra.
Some more examples of carnivores are Leopard, Cheetah, Hyena, African wild dogs, Tigers, Caracals and Servals.
Cooperative hunting enables lions to take prey as large as wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, young elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes, any of which can provide several meals for the pride.
 See also: Elephant, Camel, Antelope, Deer, Lion
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