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The Giraffe Centre is located in Lang'ata, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya. It was established in order to protect the vulnerable giraffe, that is found only in the grasslands of East Africa. In 1979, the Giraffe Center, a nature sanctuary for visiting and including wildlife conservation education for urban ...
Giraffe Manor. Giraffe Manor is a small hotel in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya which, together with its associated Giraffe Centre, serves as a home to a number of endangered Rothschild's giraffes, and operates a breeding programme to reintroduce breeding pairs back into the wild to secure the future of the subspecies.
Lydekker, 1903. Rothschild's giraffe's range in light green. Synonyms. G.c. rothschildi (Lydekker, 1903) Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis ) is an ecotype of the Nubian giraffe. It is one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe, with 1,399 mature individuals estimated in the wild in 2018.
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies.
Ruby, a Rothschild's giraffe, gave birth to the male calf at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester in Hampshire, on 21 August. Keepers were surprised as the first-time mum had been on birth control.
Life Education Australia Logo as of 2021. Life Education Australia (Life Ed) is the largest and most recognised health education provider in Australian schools. [1] Life Ed reaches on average 700,000 children annually where qualified educators present evidence-based preventative health and wellbeing education, along with Healthy Harold, the giraffe puppet and mascot who is the face of the ...
Thomas, 1898. Range in dark orange. The West African giraffe (Giraffa peralta[2] or Giraffa camelopardalis peralta), also known as the Niger giraffe, [1] is a species or subspecies of the giraffe distinguished by its light colored spots. Its last self-sustaining herd is in southwest Niger, supported by a series of refuges in Dosso Region and ...
The Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi[2]), also spelled Maasai giraffe, and sometimes called the Kilimanjaro giraffe, is a species or subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive jagged, irregular leaf-like blotches that extend from the ...