Reticulated giraffe

Reticulated Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
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The Reticulated giraffe's distribution: western Kenya, southern Ethiopia and eastern Uganda.

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Reticulated Giraffe
Range:
Eastern Africa
Habitat:
African savanna
Conservation Status:
Common
Scientific Name:
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata ...

Reticulated Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardis reticulata
Range:
The Reticulated Giraffe are found in northeast Kenya and is interspersed in central and southern Africa.

Reticulated Giraffe
The giraffe in Samburu were a different type also. Elsewhere we saw common or Masai giraffe, but Samburu giraffe were reticulated giraffe, like these two.

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.

The reticulated giraffe has large, four-sided, liver-colored spots separated by a sharply defined network of narrow white lines.
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Open woodland and wooded grassland throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Reticulated giraffe are confined to north-eastern Kenya, eastern Sudan and Eritrea.
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reticulata the reticulated giraffe of Kenya, southern Ethiopia and eastern Uganda
G.c. cottoni the kordofan or northern savannah giraffe of Sudan and Central African Republic
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Subspecies: Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata (reticulated giraffe)
Subspecies: Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi (Masai giraffe)
Subspecies: Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa (South African giraffe) ...

See also: Giraffe, Camel, Ermine, Bull, Deer