Giraffe

Giraffe[1]
A Masai giraffe in Mikumi Naitional Pairk, Tanzania
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Faimily: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffa
Species: G. camelopardalis
Binomial name
Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

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The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-taed ungulate mammal, the tawest livin terrestrial animal an the maist muckle ruminant.

References

  1. Grubb, P. (2005). "Giraffa camelopardalis". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Muller, Z., Bercovitch, F., Fennessy, J., Brown, D., Brand, R., Brown, M., Bolger, D., Carter, K., Deacon, F., Doherty, J., Fennessy, S., Hussein, A.A., Lee, D., Marais, A., Strauss, M., Tutchings, A. & Wube, T. (2016). "Giraffa camelopardalis". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 8 December 2016. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)