The giraffe (Giraffa) is an African artiodactyl mammal, the tallest residing terrestrial animal and the most important ruminant. It is historically taken into consideration to be one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with 9 subspecies. However, the life of as much as 9 extant giraffe species has been described, primarily based totally upon studies into the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, in addition to morphological measurements of Giraffa. Seven different species are extinct, prehistoric species recognized from fossils.

The giraffe's leader distinguishing traits are its extraordinarily lengthy neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones, and its specific coat patterns. It is assessed beneathneath the own circle of relatives Giraffidae, together with its closest extant relative, the okapi. Its scattered variety extends from Chad withinside the north to South Africa withinside the south, and from Niger withinside the west to Somalia withinside the east. Giraffes normally inhabit savannahs and woodlands. Their meals supply is leaves, end result and flora of woody plants, broadly speaking acacia species, which they browse at heights maximum different herbivores can't reach.

Giraffes can be preyed on with the aid of using lions, leopards, noticed hyenas and African wild dogs. Giraffes stay in herds of associated women and their offspring, or bachelor herds of unrelated person men, however are gregarious and can collect in massive aggregations. Males set up social hierarchies through "necking", which can be fight bouts wherein the neck is used as a weapon. Dominant men advantage mating get admission to to women, which undergo the only obligation for elevating the young.

The giraffe has intrigued numerous cultures, each historical and modern, for its bizarre appearance, and has frequently been featured in paintings, books, and cartoons. It is assessed with the aid of using the International Union for Conservation of Nature as liable to extinction, and has been extirpated from many components of its former variety. Giraffes are nonetheless determined in severa country wide parks and sport reserves however estimates as of 2016 suggest that there are about 97,500 contributors of Giraffa withinside the wild. More than 1,six hundred had been stored in zoos in 2010.

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ALINA SMITH
Journal of Animal Sciences and Livestock Production