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giraffe

a large ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, inhabiting savannas of tropical Africa: the tallest mammal, with very long legs and neck and a colouring of regular reddish-brown patches on a beige ground: family Giraffidae
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giraffe

[jə′raf]
(vertebrate zoology)
Giraffa camelopardalis. An artiodactyl mammal in the family Giraffidae characterized by extreme elongation of the neck vertebrae, and two prominent horns on the head.

Giraffe

[jə′raf]
(astronomy)
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giraffe

tallest of animals. [Zoology: NCE, 1088]
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Assassin bugs: Stenolemus giraffa inhabits rock escarpments in North Western Australia, where it feeds almost exclusively on web-building spiders (Soley et al., 2011).
Progiraffa, Giraffokeryx and Giraffa (Aftab et al., 2016) are represented in the respective fauna.
Fennessy, "Home range and seasonal movements of Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis in the northern Namib Desert," African Journal of Ecology, vol.
We are talking first names here, not subspecies, so well done for knowing "Giraffa Camelopardalis tippelskirchi" but that is not the sort of answer we are looking for.
Perez, "Quantitative anatomy of the trachea of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)" International Journal of Morphology, vol.
The control-free areas in the study area range from 450-1100 ha, where there are Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779), giraffe Giraffa Camelopardalis (L., 1758), blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823), white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817), black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis (L., 1758), impala Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812), kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766), waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833), gemsbok Oryxgazella (L., 1758) and zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) (Boddaert, 1785).
Aggressive and mating interactions of giraffe (Giraffa camelo-pardalis) at the Memphis Zoo.
Nm_173921), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) (EU000421), goat (Capra hircus) (U34273), sheep (Ovis aries) (M96845), pig (Sus scrofa) (JF906512), camel (Camelus dromedarius) (HM051106), red deer (Cervus elaphus) (L07081), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) (EU000423), bison (Bison bonasus) (EU000422), llama (Lama glama) (AB107648), dog (Canis lupus familiaris) (NM_001003159), cat (Felis catus) (NM_001043339), and bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) (AB020732).
Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla).
Giraffa camelopardalis is today represented by three huntable subspecies in sub-Saharan Africa.
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