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FACT FILE
Swahili Name:	Twiga
Scientific Name:	Giraffa camelopardalis
Size:	18 feet
Weight:	Up to 3,000 pounds
Lifespan:	25 years
Habitat:	Dense forest to open plains
Diet:	Herbivorous /browsers
Gestation:	Between 14 and 16 months
Predators:	Humans

NAMES
Swahili	Twiga
French	Girafe
Italian	Giraffa
German	Giraffe
Afrikaans	Kameelperd
Zulu	Indlulamethi

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Scientific Name

Scientific Name - Giraffa camelopardalis
Common Name - Giraffe Kingdom
Animal Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Artiodactyla
Family - Giraffidae
Genus - Camelopardalis
Species - giraffa

Geographic Range - Savannahs and thornbush of northeastern Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, north and eastern Kenya).

Other sub-species of giraffe (vernacular, scientific names):

Nubian, Giraffa camelopardalis typica
Kordofan, G.c. antiquorum
Lado, G.c. cottoni
Baringo, G.c. rothschildsi
Kilimanjaro or Masai, G.c. tippelskirchi
Congo, G.c. congoensis
Angola, G.c. angolensis
Transvaal, G.c. wardi
Cape, G.c. capensis
Nigerian, G.c. peralta