South African Giraffes
🇿🇦 South Africa
The IUCN Red List contains only one species of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); however, the southern giraffe (G. giraffa) is a separate species, and the South African giraffe (G. g. giraffa) is a subspecies of the southern giraffe (Southern Giraffe - Giraffe Conservation Foundation, 2024). The giraffe (G. camelopardalis) is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2016) with a current population trend that is decreasing. The photos shown here are of the South African giraffe. A group of giraffes is called a tower of giraffes.
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—Dr. Jane Goodall, primatologist, anthropologist, and zoologist
