Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis Angolan giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum Kordofan giraffe Giraffa camelopardaliscamelopardalis Nubian giraffe.

Giraffe species names. Famous Giraffe Names. Giraffa the Masai giraffe G. 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 StatesShe gained worldwide fame after live videos of her in the late stages of pregnancy and the subsequent birth were uploaded to YouTube in 2017.

Camelopardalis the southern giraffe G. Tippelskirchi and the reticulated giraffe G. Specimens 6 Genus Giraffa giraffes.

9 rows There are also seven extinct species of giraffe listed as the following. 9 rows Masai giraffe. The genus Giraffa is made up of the northern giraffe G.

Giraffes were first classified this way by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. IUCN Outdated According to IUCN there is one species of giraffe Giraffa camelopardilis and nine subspecies. The scientific name camelopardalis originated from an early explorer who thought the giraffe resembled a cross between a camel and a leopard.

The giraffes mouth is velvety soft with a hairy upper lip and a snakelike purplish tongue nearly 18 inches long. The tongue is prehensile and can be wrapped around a single pellet of food or leaf. The Angolan subspecies was described in 1903 and there are.

Angolan giraffes now identified as the southern giraffe species in northwest Namibia. Some examples of giraffe species that once populated the Earth are Giraffa jumae Giraffa gracilis Giraffa punjabiensis Giraffa priscilla Giraffa pygmaea Giraffa sivalensis Giraffa stillei but little information is available on them. One Giraffe Species.