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Giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis - Giraffe
Locally in Africa south of the Sahara.
The following 9 subspecies are being recognized:
Giraffe camelopardalis camelopardis - Southeast-Sudan and Southwest-Ethiopia;
Giraffe camelopardalis angolensis - North-Botswana and North-Namibia;
Giraffe camelopardalis antiquorum - North-Cameroon, Northeast-Nigeria, South-Chad and Northcentral CAR;
Giraffe camelopardalis peralta - Southwest-Niger;
Giraffe camelopardalis rotschildi - Kenya and Uganda;
Giraffe camelopardalis tippelskirchi - South-Kenya and Tanzania;
Giraffe camelopardalis reticulata - South-Ethiopia, North-Kenya and Somalia;
Giraffe camelopardalis giraffa - South-Zimbabwe, Southwest-Mozambique, South-Africa, Namibia and Botswana;
Giraffe camelopardalis thornicrofti - Luangwa Valley, Zambia.
Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.