Giraffes

  • Class: Mammalia (mammals)
  • Order: Artiodactyla
  • Family: Girrafedae
  • Genus: Girrafa 
  • Species: Camelopardalis
  • Main subspecies:
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  • • reticulata (reticulated)
  • • camelopardalis (Nubian)

  • • rothschildsi (Uganda or Baringo)
  • • tippelskirchi (Masai)

  • • angolensis (Angolan)

  • • giraffa (southern)

  • Height: males—up to 18 feet (5.5 meters); females—up to 14 feet (4.3 meters)
  • Weight: males—up to 3,000 pounds (1,360 kilograms); females—up to 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms)
  • Life span: 15 to 20 years
  • Gestation: 14 months

  • Number of young at birth: usually 1

  • Size at birth: 6 feet tall (1.8 meters), 100 to 150 pounds (45 to 68 kilograms)
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