Giraffa camelopardalis - #3613
Northern Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis peralta. Formerly Giraffa peralta, West African Giraffe|Nigerian Giraffe|White Giraffe.
Geographic Distribution
Formerly from Senegal east to Lake Chad in western Africa. Currently known only from SW Niger; S Chad, Central African Repulbic, and NE DR Congo. Formerly from the latitude of Khartoum S through E Sudan and W Ethiopia (W of the highlands); persisting in NW Kenya and E Uganda.
Order/Family
Giraffidae
Genus
Giraffa
Specific Epithet
camelopardalis
Image Location
Niger, Dosso region, Boboye department, near Harikanassou
Image Date
2000
Photographer
S Hua