Angolan giraffe
Angolan giraffe | |
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An individual in the savannahs of Etosha National Park, Namibia. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Giraffidae |
Genus: | Giraffa |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | G. c. angolensis
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Trinomial name | |
Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis Lydekker, 1903
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Range in maroon |
The Angolan giraffe (Giraffa angolensis[2] or Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis or Giraffa giraffa angolensis), also known as the Namibian giraffe or smokey giraffe, is a species or subspecies of giraffe that is found in northern Namibia, south-western Zambia, Botswana, western Zimbabwe and since mid-2023 again in Angola.[3]
Taxonomy
A 2009 genetic study on this subspecies suggests the northern
Description
This subspecies has large brown blotches with edges that are either somewhat notched or have angular extensions. The spotting pattern extends throughout the legs but not the upper part of the face. The neck and rump patches tend to be fairly small. The subspecies also has a white ear patch.
Habitat
Home range size of Angolan giraffes was found to be larger in unproductive areas such as the
Seasonal movement
As far as seasonal movements of giraffes were concerned, they were not as distinctive as those in other giraffe populations around the world. Male giraffe moves longer than female giraffe and also it has longer average daily movement (5.64km compared to 1.87km in 180 days during hot-dry season). [8]
Foraged activity
Angolan Giraffe tends to forage into the mountain during the cold-dry and early hot-dry season. It mainly eats Commiphora for living.[9]
Conservation
Approximately 13,000 animals are estimated to remain in the wild;[10] and about 20 are kept in zoos.
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Courting
Etosha National Park -
Female
Etosha National Park -
Female with young 2 months
Chobe National Park
References
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- ISBN 9781421400938.
- ^ For the first time in decades, Angolan giraffes now populate a park in Angola, Megan Lim, NPR, 2023-07-11
- PMID 18154651.
- ^ S2CID 90395544.
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External links
- Media related to Angolan Giraffes at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis at Wikispecies