Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

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Angolan giraffe drinking © Steve Turner / www.osfimages.com	Female masai giraffe cleaning newborn calf © J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk	Female masai giraffe cleaning newborn calf as it suckles © J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk
Infant Masai giraffe © Keith Scholey / naturepl.com	Female masai giraffe with calf © Constantinos Petrinos / naturepl.com	Masai giraffe © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International
Male masai giraffe (right) and juvenile - showing colour variation © Roy Anderson	Pair of masai giraffes lying down © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Masai giraffe browsing © www.JamesWarwick.co.uk
Masai giraffe feeding from tall tree © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Masai giraffe drinking © Mary Ann McDonald / naturepl.com	Group of masai giraffe in savannah grassland © David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Masai giraffes running across savannah © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International	Male masai giraffes necking © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International	Male masai giraffe testing female's mating receptiveness © Mike Read
Masai giraffes mating © Alan Root/SAL / www.osfimages.com	Female masai giraffe with newborn calf, which lion has killed © J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk	Infant reticulated giraffe © Kevin Schafer / www.nhpa.co.uk
Reticulated giraffe female with young © Karl Ammann / naturepl.com	Reticulated giraffe calf suckling © Mark Newman / www.flpa-images.co.uk	Reticulated giraffe licking nostril © Mary Clay / www.ardea.com
Pair of reticulated giraffes © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Reticulated giraffe sitting on the floor © Mary Ann McDonald / naturepl.com	Pair of male reticulated giraffes © Steve Turner / www.osfimages.com
Reticulated giraffe skin pattern © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Reticulated giraffe feeding - showing use of tongue © Kenneth W. Fink / www.ardea.com	Reticulated giraffe feeding on acacia © Daniel J. Cox / www.naturalexposures.com
Group of reticulated giraffes browsing © www.JamesWarwick.co.uk	Reticulated giraffes browsing on acacia bush © www.JamesWarwick.co.uk	Reticulated giraffe feeding on grass © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International
Pair of reticulated giraffes drinking © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International	Herd of reticulated giraffe © www.JamesWarwick.co.uk	Reticulated giraffes herding for protection © Mike Birkhead / www.osfimages.com
Reticulated giraffe grooming © Mary Ann McDonald / naturepl.com	Reticulated giraffe in habitat © Mike Read	Adult and infant Rothschild's giraffes © David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Rothschild's giraffe, head detail © Heather Angel / naturalvisions.co.uk	Rothschild's giraffe © Bernard Castelein / naturepl.com	Rothschild's giraffe skin pattern © Steve Turner / www.osfimages.com
Rothschild's giraffe feeding on acacia tree © Carine Schrurs / naturepl.com	Herd of Rothschild's giraffe in front of lake Nakuru © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International	Group of Rothschild's giraffes walking © Jean-Michel Labat / Auscape International
Male Rothschild's giraffes necking © Ferrero-Labat / Auscape International	Juvenile southern giraffe © Peter Pickford / Images of Africa	Male southern giraffe © Mark Preston-Mafham / Premaphotos Wildlife
Southern giraffe with oxpeckers along neck and back © Chris Harvey / www.ardea.com	Southern giraffe male feeding - showing tongue © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com	Group of southern giraffes browsing © Clem Haagner / www.ardea.com
Southern giraffe drinking © Chris Harvey / www.ardea.com	Male southern giraffe drinking at waterhole © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com	Southern giraffe sucking bone for calcium and other minerals © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com
Southern giraffes walking across savannah © Chris Harvey / www.ardea.com	Southern giraffe males necking © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com	Southern giraffe being chased by female lion © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com
Thornicroft's giraffe © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com	Thornicroft's giraffe © Martha Holmes / naturepl.com	Thornicroft's giraffe © Georgette Douwma / naturepl.com
Thornicroft's giraffe skin pattern © Steve Robinson / www.nhpa.co.uk	Group of Thornicroft's giraffes © Georgette Douwma / naturepl.com	Female Thornicroft's giraffe feeding on leaves of sausage tree (Kigelia africana) © Thomas Dressler / www.ardea.com
Thornicroft's giraffe feeding on acacia © Ariadne Van Zandbergen / Images of Africa	Juvenile west African giraffe © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	Adult west African giraffe with two infants © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com
Adult and juvenile west African giraffe © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	West African giraffe © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	West African giraffe skin pattern © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com
West African giraffe feeding © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	Juvenile west African giraffe feeding © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	West African giraffe drinking at waterhole © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com
West African giraffe male testing female in oestrus © Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com	Juvenile giraffe © Peter Blackwell / naturepl.com	Juvenile giraffe © Richard Edwards
Infant giraffe suckling, male giraffe testing females urine © Anup Shah / naturepl.com	Giraffe © Daniel Heuclin / www.nhpa.co.uk	Giraffe drinking © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk
Giraffe herd at waterhole © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk	Pair of giraffes neck swaying - courtship © Stan Osolinski / www.osfimages.com	Pair of male giraffes fighting, female running away © T. Andrewartha / naturepl.com
Pair of male giraffes necking © T. Andrewartha / naturepl.com	Male giraffe exhibiting flehmen behaviour © Rafi Ben-Shahar / www.osfimages.com	Giraffe pair mating © Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk
Female giraffe eating afterbirth © Rafi Ben-Shahar / www.osfimages.com	Adult giraffes with infants in Namibian desert © Martyn Colbeck / www.osfimages.com	Giraffe in desert habitat © Ron O'Connor / naturepl.com
Giraffe in bush, mount Kilimanjaro in background © Bernard Castelein / naturepl.com

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

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