📸 PhotoPhoto: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Maasai Giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi (Maasai Giraffe · マサイキリン)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 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).
- 💡 Numbering about seventy-one thousand individuals 35 years ago, the Maasai Giraffe has now declined to below forty-four thousand (Giraffe Conservation Foundation).
- 💡 The population translocated to Akagera National Park in Rwanda has grown to over 160 individuals (Giraffe Conservation Foundation).
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.
📖 1. Overview
The Maasai Giraffe lives in south-central Kenya and Tanzania. About forty-three thousand to forty-four thousand individuals remain in the wild, and there is also a translocated population in Rwanda's Akagera National Park.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its jagged vine-leaf-shaped spots with feathery edges give it the most irregular pattern among the four giraffe species.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Instead of grazing on grass, giraffes browse on the leaves of trees and shrubs. Living in separate regions, they do not interbreed with other giraffe species in the wild.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006342
- • wikidata.org — Q27497247
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:GiraffaCamelopardalisTippelskirchi-Masaai-Mara.JPG
- • giraffeconservation.org — masai-giraffe
- • giraffeconservation.org — are-there-different-types-of-giraffe
- • giraffeconservation.org — facts-about-giraffe
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Matthew Speight · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.