? The scientific name of the giraffe is Camelopardalis. The etymology of this name can be traced to a belief (which is untrue) that the giraffe was a cross between a camel (height) and a leopard (coat pattern).
? A male giraffe is called a bull, a female is called a cow, and a baby giraffe is called a calf.
? The species has only 9 members. These, including the Camelopardalis or Nubian mentioned above, are: Reticulated, Angolan, Kordofan, Masai, Rhodesian, Baringo/Rothschild/Ugandan, South African and West African/Nigerian.
? The average life span of a giraffe in the wild is between 20 to 25 years.
The giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world, with even new-born babies being taller than most humans.
Just like snowflakes and human fingerprints, no two giraffes have the same spot pattern
Baby Giraffes can stand within half an hour and after only 10 hours can actually run alongside their family.
Giraffes only spend between 10 minutes and two hours asleep per day. They have one of the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal.
The male giraffe is both taller and heavier than the female - See more at: http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-fa...
1) The Giraffe is an African even toed ungulate mammal, the tallest terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant that lives on the land.
2) Their legs alone are taller than humans - about 6 ft , body length of 3.8 metres to 4.7 metres, and recognized from unique stripes on their body which are just like close dot matrix , or in other words like snow flakes pattern and they differ individually.
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3) There is only one species of Giraffe with nine currently recognized sub species.
4) They are picky eaters, it feeds 16 to 20 hours a day , to the extent about 60 to 65 pounds of foliage.
5) Gestation period of pregnancy for female Giraffe is 15 months and delivers one calf .
The giraffe has 7 neck bones, same as us.
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