Specimens 6 Genus Giraffa giraffes.

Giraffe species names. 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. Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis Angolan giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum Kordofan giraffe Giraffa camelopardaliscamelopardalis Nubian giraffe. The Angolan subspecies was described in 1903 and there are.

Giraffes were first classified this way by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Family Giraffidae giraffes and okapis. Giraffa gracilis.

Famous Giraffe Names. 9 rows Masai giraffe. One Giraffe Species.

The birth was watched live by nearly 12 million viewers. Angolan giraffes now identified as the southern giraffe species in northwest Namibia. The scientific name camelopardalis originated from an early explorer who thought the giraffe resembled a cross between a camel and a leopard.

The tongue is prehensile and can be wrapped around a single pellet of food or leaf. Tippelskirchi and the reticulated 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.

These are the currently nine recognised subspecies of giraffe and their distribution please see Giraffe subspecies for more details on each of these. Return of the Roar Longfellow the Giraffe Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Georgina 64 Zoo Lane. Giraffa the Masai giraffe G.