THE GIRAFFE 



The local races are : 



(i) The Kordofan Giraffe {Giraffa cameleopardalis 

 antiquorum). 



(2) The Baringo Giraffe {G. C. rothschildi). 



(3) The Taposa Giraffe (G. C. cottoni). 



(4) The Nigerian Giraffe (G. C. pcraltd). 



(5) The Congo Giraffe (G. C. congcensis). 



(6) The Kilimanjaro Giraffe (G. C. tippelskirchi). 



(7) The Angolan Giraffe (G. C. angolcnsis). 



(8) The North Transvaal Giraffe {G. C. wardi). 



(9) The South African Giraffe (G. C. capensis). 



It will thus be noticed that those which inhabit 

 Africa south of the Zambesi are two local races, 

 the typical species being a resident of the north of 

 Africa only. 



Giraffa cameleopardalis capensis is the principal 

 South African race, and the one referred to by most 

 of the travellers, hunters and others in South 

 Africa. 



The two South African races, including a third 

 inhabiting Angola, differ from the northern races 

 in the following ways (there are mounted speci- 

 mens of the two former in the Port Elizabeth 

 Museum) : 



(i) The legs are spotted to the hoofs. 



(2) The body markings are more blotchy, the 

 centre part being darker than at the edges, which 

 are ill-defined. 



(3) The third " horn " or long forehead promi- 



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