The Giraffe With No Neck

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Giraffes can inhabit savannas, grasslands or open woodlands. Giraffes prefer areas enriched with acacia growth (a genus of shrubs and trees). Most giraffes live either in East Africa or in Angola and Zambia in southwestern Africa. Until the middle of the 20th century giraffes were also commonly found in West Africa, south of the Sahara. But populations there have fallen sharply and become increasingly fragmented. Giraffe DietGiraffa Brisson 1762 (giraffe)". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021 . Retrieved 9 December 2021. Lee, Derek Edward; Bond, Monica Louise; Bolger, Douglas Thomas (1 January 2017). "Season of birth affects juvenile survival of giraffe". Population Ecology. 59 (1): 45–54. doi: 10.1007/s10144-017-0571-8. ISSN 1438-3896. S2CID 7611046. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023 . Retrieved 22 August 2023.

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And underneath each spot is a “sophisticated system of blood vessels,” according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on sustaining and growing the wild giraffe population across Africa. It takes a large network of vessels and 25-pound hearts to keep the world’s tallest land mammal on its hooves. Instances of wild animals with these types of skeletal dysplasias are extraordinarily rare," Brown says in the statement. "It’s another interesting wrinkle in the unique story of giraffe in these diverse ecosystems." van der Jeugd, H. P.; Prins, H. H. T. (2000). "Movements and group structure of giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis) in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Zoology. 251 (1): 15–21. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00588.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.

Charles Foley; Lara Foley; Alex Lobora; Daniela De Luca; Maurus Msuha; Tim R. B. Davenport; Sarah M. Durant (2014). A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania. Princeton University Press. pp.179–. ISBN 978-1-4008-5280-2. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023 . Retrieved 13 July 2016. Matt McGrath (8 December 2016). "Giraffes facing 'silent extinction' as population plunges". BBC News. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019 . Retrieved 8 December 2016. A study published in the scientific journal Current Biology in 2016 argues that there are four species of giraffes. However, there is only one species of giraffe currently recognized with nine subspecies. Currently, the IUCN Red List recognises only one giraffe species, which is classified as “Vulnerable”. However, the most recent genetic research shows that there are four species of giraffe, three of which have several different subspecies. These are:

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A 2020 study showed that depending on the method chosen, different taxonomic hypotheses recognizing from two to six species can be considered for the genus Giraffa. [23] That study also found that multi-species coalescent methods can lead to taxonomic over-splitting, as those methods delimit geographic structures rather than species. The three-species hypothesis, which recognises G. camelopardalis, G. giraffa, and G. tippelskirchi, is highly supported by phylogenetic analyses and also corroborated by most population genetic and multi-species coalescent analyses. [23] A 2021 whole genome sequencing study suggests the existence of four distinct species and seven subspecies. [24] Male giraffes spend about 22% of the 24 hours walking, compared to 13% for female giraffes. The rest of the time male giraffes are searching for a female giraffe to mate with. Giraffe herds do not have a leader and individual giraffes show no particular preferences for others in the herd.