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The Rothschild Giraffe The Rothschild giraffe is one of the most endangered giraffes in the world with only a couple hundred left in the wild.
 * Kingdom: || [|__Animalia__] ||
 * Phylum: || [|__Chordata__] ||
 * Class: || [|__Mammalia__] ||
 * Order: || [|__Artiodactyla__] ||
 * Family: || [|__Giraffidae__] ||
 * Genus: || [|//__Giraffa__//] ||
 * Species: || [|//__G. camelopardalis__//] ||
 * Subspecies: || //G. c. rothschildi// ||


 * Differences between male and female: ** The male tends to have darker skin and is much larger in size compared to the female who is a light brown and smaller. The female has more circular spots whereas the males spots are random shapes.


 * Young: ** When the giraffe if first born it is the height of the mother’s leg and can stand in 20minutes. At ten days old the calf can join the rest of the herd and by ten years old it is a fully grown giraffe.


 * Size: **The male is called a bull and can grow up to 5.3 meters, and the female, the cow, can grow up to 4.5 meters tall. The calf when it is just born is around 1.5 meters tall.


 * Breeding: **When the female giraffe is pregnant it has a gestation period of 14-16 months and the birth takes 1-2 hours.


 * Habitat: **Giraffes where once found over most of Africa, but now live only south of the Sahara Desert. They live in open plains, but they have to have trees of tall bushes for feeding.


 * Feeding: **The Rothschild giraffe browses on the twigs of trees, but it appears that it can live without inconvenience on other vegetable food. A giraffe can eat 63 kg of leaves and twigs a day. Giraffe use their extremely long tongue, as well as the ridged roof of their mouth to help feed on a variety of leaves and shoots.


 * Conclusion: **I like the Rothschild Giraffe because it is a gorgeous animal. It has a sleeping period or 20 minutes-2 hours !

Average Shoulder Height: 5 -6 m (16 - 19 ft) Giraffes have the same number of bones in their neck as humans do. The giraffes' biggest enemy is the lion. Each time a giraffe picks up its neck it picks up 550 pounds! A giraffe is one of the few animals that uses mostly its front legs when it runs. Giraffe have 4 stomachs just like cows (their cud needs to travel all the way up their neck!)
 * Some Facts: **Average Mass: 1270 kg

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