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Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Photo by James McNair
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The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5?meters (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 1,300?kilograms (3,000?pounds). The record-sized bull was 5.87?m (19.2?ft) tall and weighed approximately 2,000?kg (4,400?lb).? Females are generally slightly shorter, and weigh less than the males do.

https://brevardzoo.org/animals/africa/giraffe

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