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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



There are at least two races of the species. In the northern race 

 (G. camelopardalis typica} the front horn is well developed, measuring 

 from three to five inches in height in old bulls. 



In the southern giraffe (G. camelopardalis capensis] the front horn, 

 even in old bulls, is so reduced in size as scarcely to merit that 

 name at all. Within the last half century this race ranged from 

 the Orange to the Zambesi rivers. Northward of this latter river 

 on the eastern half of the continent, at least, no giraffe is found for 

 about 1 2 degrees ; but north of the Rufizi river they again appear 

 and continue through German East Africa, reaching westward to Lake 

 Tanganyika, and occurring east of the Mau escarpment and south 

 of the Tana river in British East Africa. The giraffes of Nyasaland 

 and Kilimanjaro have received separate names and may indicate 

 distinct races. 



Head of Northern Blotched Giraffe obtained in the Uganda Protectorate by Sir H. Johnston, 

 and now in the British Museum. The development of the hindmost horns is very marked. 



