The greatest population is the subspecies, the Maasai giraffe with almost 38, 000! They are found in central and southern Kenya and Tanzania. The giraffe’s range extends from Chad to South Africa.īetween 19, we lost 40% of our wild African giraffes population and only in the last few years are greater efforts made to come to the rescue, although they are already extinct in 7 countries.Īfrican Giraffes in the 19th Century were almost hunted to extinction and in 1906 they were one of South Africa’s rarest species, but thanks to their great conservation efforts they now boast a healthy population - still vulnerable, but a lot more stable. By the way, those extra ossicones (they can have up to five) are actually Calcium deposits.The one to lose its balance and sometimes fall, is the loser and the bull still standing is the winner. For this reason, male African giraffes have heavier heads - usually have more than two ossicones (like an extra one on its forehead) (with neck and head) are a strength thing. They use their heads and neck to slam into their opponent’s body to unbalance him so that he falls to the ground. When bull’s fight, they do not use their ossicones (those horn-like protrusions) to fight. The cow does not come into season - they can breed anytime, but prefer to give birth in the rainy season. That is spotted like a leopardĪ giraffe’s patches contain a high concentration of sweat glands, helps it control its body’s heat - it gets rid of extra body heat because on the surface are many blood vessels.Īfrican Giraffes females do not fight only the bulls and they can live together in a herd of cows and calves, and only fight when they want to breed. Camelopardis derived from camel and leopard coz some people thought it’s a cross breed between a camel and leopard. They are the world’s tallest living animal, and to reach those great heights they grow pretty quickly! A calf can grow an inch a day.ĭid you know that the scientific name of a girrafe is G. The legs of adult African giraffes are taller than most humans. Mature male African giraffes (bulls) will often grow an extra ‘ossicone’ (name for those ‘horns’ - not actual horns), but this ‘ossicone’ is not made of cartilage like the real ones - this one is actually a Calcium deposit that makes its head heavier. This is not one of those unusual little occurrences in nature, this is completely normal. Just like fingers prints, no two Giraffe have the same spot pattern. They take long to drink, its heart weighs approximately 11 kgs and it’s the biggest of any land mammals. They consume over 75 pounds of leaves in a day. It has a longest tongue of about 20 inches and are darkly coloured. Its baby can stand up and run within an hour of being born, its speeds upto 35mph when running. African Giraffes spend most of there lives standing up, even giving birth, sleeping. The lifespan of African Giraffes is between 20 to 25 years, they also have the longest gestation period of around 14 to 15 months, They usually give birth to one calf at a time, although twins are possible. It is traditionally considered to be one species, Giraffa camelodpardalis with nine subspecies.

Giraffes are my favourite animal.African Giraffe (Giraffa) is an African artiodactyl mammal, the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Please please PLEEEEASE consider doing a guinea pig collection!įabulous tray with 4 giraffes featured in picture. If you go to this link, you can sign up to be notified when it comes back into stock. Hi Julia, Our Small Giraffe Tray is currently out of stock at the moment. Hi, do you sell the flamingo duvet set in king size please? Loving the giraffe bits….second the motion for bedding ❤🦒 I love the giraffe designs are you going to be selling the small trays with the giraffe heads?

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