#0285 · 🦊 mammals
Maasai Giraffe
🇳🇱 Masaigiraffe ·Giraffa tippelskirchi
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what is it?
The Masai giraffe ( Giraffa tippelskirchi ), also spelled Maasai giraffe , and sometimes called the Kilimanjaro giraffe , is a species or subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive jagged, irregular leaf-like blotches that extend from the hooves to its head. The Masai giraffe is currently the national animal of Tanzania.
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.
- 8,175 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Paul Matschie in 1898 (128 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Maasai Giraffe
- Nederlands
- Masaigiraffe
- scientific name
- Giraffa tippelskirchi
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Giraffidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 8,175
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1898 by Paul Matschie
relatives· Giraffidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1510574, Wikidata Q27497247, GBIF 9163257, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.