Nubian Giraffe

The word camelopardalis comes from Latin, and it is the romanization of the Greek "καμηλοπάρδαλις" meaning "giraffe". From "κάμηλος" (kamēlos), "camel" + "πάρδαλις" (pardalis), "spotted". The name "giraffe" has its earliest known origins in the Arabic word zarāfah (زرافة), perhaps borrowed from the animal's Somali name geri for neck.

The Nubian giraffe has sharply defined chestnut-colored spots surrounded by mostly white lines, while undersides lack spotting (only in juvenile or adolescent until in adult stage). The median lump is particularly developed in the male giraffe.

Giraffes are curious gentle giants and docile to humans except for the cause. Their main weapon is their head and neck, which they swing at enemies like a wrecking ball causing traumatization and blunted.

They are browsers that subsist on a variable diet that includes leaves, stems, flowers, and fruits. They do not need to drink daily. Across the continent, detailed records of Giraffe feeding ecology have noted that each population has a very diverse diet of up to 93 different species, but that usually a half dozen plant species comprise at least 75% of the diet. Acacia is fed on in high proportions wherever Giraffes are found, but during the dry season, the preferred plant species varies by location.

Plants like Faidherbia, Boscia, Grewia, and Kigelia have all been identified as the most common plant species in the diet of Giraffes in the dry season in different locations. They have thick lips, tongue, and throat so they are able to consume acacia trees and others that are very thick and thorny. Giraffes only need to drink once every few days. Young giraffes are self-sufficient but vulnerable. Although few predators attack adults, lions, hyenas, and leopards take their toll on the young.

If the Rothschild's giraffe is considered synonymous with the Nubian giraffe, then this taxon is one of the most common giraffe types present in captivity, in conjunction with the reticulated giraffe.

Giraffes are friendly and social animals by nature. In the wild, they live in herds and spend their time traveling, eating, and resting together.

Giraffes occurred everywhere in Africa; the Nubian giraffe was widespread throughout North Africa, from Kenya to Egypt. The giraffe lives in savannahs and woodlands. The Nubian giraffe currently lives in eastern South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia, and isolated pockets in Uganda and Kenya. The Nubian Giraffe is presumed to occur only in Gambella National Park in the far west of Ethiopia and in Boma National Park and Bandingilo Reserve in South Sudan.

• Movement Pattern: Full Migrant

• Individual Type: Random

• Population Trend: Decreasing

• Population: 455?

• Locomotion: Terrestrial

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests, Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests.

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  • Extant (Resident): Ethiopia; Kenya; South Sudan; Uganda

• Berbania: Hirojafza

• Reinachos: Pascua

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_giraffe

• https://www.bbryanpreserve.com/rothschild-giraffe

• https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/giraffe

• https://animalsafari.com/giraffe-facts-to-know-before-your-visit/

• https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88420707/88420710

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Nubian-Giraffe-918547654