Giraffe  (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated by Professor Anne Innis Dagg, University of Waterloo, Canada.

Glossary

  • Rumination: A digestive process typified by the chewing of cud, which enables plant cellulose walls to be broken down in the stomach for energy. The vegetation is stored, regurgitated for more chewing, then broken down by specialised bacteria.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Dagg, A. (2005) Pers. comm.
  3. Nature Wildlife (November, 2004)
    http://www.nature-wildlife.com/girtxt.htm
  4. The Big Zoo (November, 2004)
    http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Reticulated_Giraffe.asp
  5. Toronto Zoo (November, 2004)
    http://www.torontozoo.com/Animals/details.asp?AnimalId=370Animal
  6. Dagg, A.I. and Foster, J.B. (1976) The Giraffe: Its Biology, Behaviour and Ecology.Van Nost, Reinhold.
  7. Diversity Web (November, 2004)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Giraffa_camelopardalis.html
  8. Sea World (November, 2004)
    http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/artiodactyla/giraffe.htm
  9. African Wildlife Foundation (November, 2004)
    http://www.awf.org/wildlives/118
  10. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (November, 2004)
    http://www.aza.org/ConScience/ConScienceSSPFact/
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