Dave Taylor's African Safari: Field Guide: Mammals - Masai Giraffe

Field Guide: Mammals
Masai Giraffe
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Giraffa camelopardiis tippelskirchi

Length: 3.5 m - 4.8 m (11.4-16’)

Height: 3.5 m - 4.7 m (11.4-15’) female, 3.9 m -5.2 m (13-15’) male

Tail: 76 -110 cm (30-43")

Weight: 450 - 1 800 kg (992-3,968 lb.) female, 1 800 - 1 900 kg (3,968-4,189 lb.) male

Status: common in national parks and game reserves

Habitat: They are found in habitats where trees are present: savannas, open woodlands and seasonal flood plains. They do not like heavily forested areas and prefer areas where fire, elephants or soils create conditions of grassland and forest.

Role: herbivore

Food: They are browsers and feed on over 100 species of trees but acacia, Commiphora and Terminala trees are the most commonly sought ones. During the dry season they concentrate where evergreen trees grow.

Predators: Lions are the main predators on giraffe. Hyenas will take an undefended calf.

Pictured below left: Reticulated giraffe (for reference; not found in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem)

Pictured below right: Rothchild’s giraffe (for reference; not found in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem)

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