Specimens 6 Genus Giraffa giraffes.

Names of giraffe species. One Giraffe Species. Angolan giraffes now identified as the southern giraffe species in northwest Namibia. Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis Angolan giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum Kordofan giraffe Giraffa camelopardaliscamelopardalis Nubian giraffe.

Giraffa gracilis. The fours species are. This is the traditional classification method and still the most cited taxonomy.

IUCN Outdated According to IUCN there is one species of giraffe Giraffa camelopardilis and nine subspecies. These are the currently nine recognised subspecies of giraffe and their distribution please see Giraffe subspecies for more details on each of these. Southern giraffe Giraffa giraffa Masai giraffe G.

Reticulata and the northern giraffe G. The birth was watched live by nearly 12 million viewers. Giraffes were first classified this way by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

The four new species are the southern giraffe Giraffa giraffa the Masai giraffe G. Sounds 1 Family Giraffidae giraffes and okapis. Specimens 6 Species Giraffa camelopardalis giraffe.

9 rows Masai giraffe. Tippelskirchi the reticulated giraffe G. 9 rows There are also seven extinct species of giraffe listed as the following.