Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffa
Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe close

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffe on the move

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)
Family: Giraffidae
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffe jumping

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Thorny situation

Tanzania
Summer 2006

African landscape

Two-headed girafe

Tanzania
Summer, 2007

4 giraffe

Giraffe
Kalahari, Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

6 giraffe

Giraffe
Kalahari, Namibia
August 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffes necking

Giraffe
Etosha
Namibia
August 17, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

While this looks like an amiable scene, these giraffes were engaged in a pretty serious and extended fight for dominance.

Giraffe drinking

Giraffe
Etosha, Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Spots mark the X

Giraffe
Etosha, Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffe head

Giraffe
Family: Giraffidae
Royal Livingstone
Zambia
February 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffe eye

Giraffe
Family: Giraffidae
Royal Livingstone
Zambia
February 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffe tongue

Giraffe
Family: Giraffidae
Royal Livingstone
Zambia
February 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Giraffe
Family: Giraffidae
Tanzania
June 19, 2002
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

Acacia spines...YUM!

Masaai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. tippelskirchi)
Family: Giraffidae (giraffes and okapi)
Tanzania
July 20, 2002
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

Underpass giraffe

Giraffe
Murals
Oakland
April 19, 2025
Canon R5

Mammals

Last modified: April 24, 2025
Moved from giraffes.html - January 26, 2016
Created: May 17, 2006
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