GIRAFFE 115 
Skull of Transvaal Giraffe. Presented to the British Museum by Mr. Rowland Ward. 
The GIRAFFE (Giraffa camelopardalis). 
Thuhla, Swazi. Ngabz, Masawara. 
L[ndhlulamiti, Zulu. Girz, or Halgiri, Somali. 
Tuthla, Basuto. Kameel, Boer. 
Luomba ningo, Chilala. Nyama marakitz, Asenga. 
Intutwa, Chila. Zaraff, Sudani. 
The long limbs and neck, the peculiarly formed head, and the 
dappled or netted hide, render giraffes distinguishable at a glance from 
all other living ruminants; with none of which, except the okapi, 
they have any very close affinity, although their nearest relatives are 
the deer. So great is their distinctness that, with the okapi, they 
constitute a family by themselves—the Gzrafiide. One of the most 
marked peculiarities of the giraffes is to be found in the horns, of which 
the largest pair rise from the head between the ears, and are covered 
during life with skin. They are never shed; and in the adult are 
immovably united to the bones of the skull, although separate in young 
animals. In addition to these, there is a more or less distinct third 
horn, or boss, situated on the forehead between the eyes, as well as 
a rudimentary pair at the back of the head, or occiput. Giraffes have 
a long, extensile tongue, hairy lips, and broad, low-crowned cheek- 
teeth.. There are no tusks in the upper jaw ; and in the outermost pair 
