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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Giraffa giraffa

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Giraffidae

Genus

Giraffa

Species

Giraffa giraffa

Mammalia🌿 Herbivore

Southern Giraffe

Giraffa giraffa (Southern Giraffe · Southern Giraffe)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Herbivore

Length · Height

No data · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Southern Africa across Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, including the arid regions of northwestern Namibia

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A giraffe's tongue measures 45–50 cm, about 1.5 times a 30 cm ruler and longer than a human forearm (Comparison).
💡 With a population of about sixty-eight thousand eight hundred thirty-seven individuals, the Southern Giraffe is the most abundant of the four species and makes up nearly half of all giraffes in Africa (Giraffe Conservation Foundation).
💡 The Giraffe Conservation Foundation explains that the differences among the four giraffe species are comparable to those between brown bears and polar bears.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#남부기린#Giraffa giraffa

📖 1. Overview

The Southern Giraffe is the most numerous of the four giraffe species, with about sixty-eight thousand individuals living in southern Africa. It includes the Angolan giraffe and the South African giraffe.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its blotched, rounded patches fade further down the legs. In dry northwestern Namibia, the Angolan giraffe appears so pale as to look almost colorless.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Giraffes are browsers that pluck leaves from trees and shrubs rather than grazing on grass. Because the four species live in separate regions, they do not interbreed in the wild.