#0405 · 🦊 mammals
Northern Giraffe
🇳🇱 Giraffe ·Giraffa camelopardalis
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Oumarou HAMADOU · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © EwA Naturalist Group · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mathias D'haen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © ONG OeBenin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © thadroller · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. South Sudan:© thomasbarnes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Tillabéry, NE:© Bob at Lincoln · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Nakuru, KE:© Carolien Pietjouw · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Mbarara, UG:© Fermont Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Salamat, TD:© congonaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The giraffe ( Giraffa ) is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants. The genus currently consists of one species, Giraffa camelopardalis , the type species. Seven other species are extinct, prehistoric species known from fossils. Taxonomic classifications of one to eight extant giraffe species have been described, based upon research into the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, as well as morphological measurements of Giraffa, but the IUCN currently recognizes only...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,021 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 54.5 kg.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Giraffe
- Nederlands
- Giraffe
- scientific name
- Giraffa camelopardalis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Giraffidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,021
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 54.5 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Giraffidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42157, Wikidata Q15083, GBIF 2441205, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.