Giraffa camelopardalis is a ruminant artiodactyl that lives in Africa. The Latin name means "camel with leopard prints". They are the tallest living land animals in the world. When standing, it can reach 6-8 meters from head to toe, and weighs about 700 kilograms. The newborn cubs are 1.5 meters high; Large erect, with a pair of bony short horns on the top of the head, covered with skin and hairs; the neck is very long (about 2 meters), with a row of mane on the back of the neck; the body is relatively short; the limbs are tall and strong, the forelimbs are slightly longer than the hind limbs , broad hooves; short tail with black tufts at the end. The teeth are primitive low-crown teeth, and cannot eat grass as the staple food, but only leaves as the staple food; the tongue is long, which can be used for feeding; it has short horns, and the horns are covered by hairy skin.
Habitat in African tropics, subtropical savannah, shrubland, open albizia woodland, dry and open savannah zone and semi-desert zone with few trees. It is a herbivore that feeds mainly on leaves and twigs. Giraffes live about 27 years in the wild, and over 29 years in zoos. Native to Africa, mainly from sub-Saharan to the eastern Transvaz in South Africa, Natal and northern Botswana. Has disappeared from most of West Africa, except for some surviving individuals in Niger. Giraffes have been reintroduced to hunting in South Africa. It is the national animal of South Africa.
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