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A century ago this Giraffe was abundant, and today it is for- 

 tunately still common, in the southeast of the Anglo-Egyptian 

 Sudan. 



The general pattern of coloration is the same in both sexes ; spots 

 large, sandy or chestnut in color, more or less distinctly quad- 

 rangular in form, and divided by a coarse network of compara- 

 tively narrow lines, which are buffish white in immature bulls and 

 nearly white in immature cows; front of face in bulls somewhat 

 spotted, and sides of face fully spotted; large spots on shoulders 

 and upper part of forelegs; shanks white, the hind pair more or 

 less spotted superiorly; under parts and inner surfaces of limbs 

 comparatively free from spots; anterior horn well developed, but 

 no occipital horns (Lydekker, 1904, p. 205; Lydekker and Elaine, 

 1914, vol. 3, p. 242). Height probably about 16 feet. 



The Sennar Giraffe apparently occurs more or less throughout 

 that portion of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan lying east of the Nile 

 and south of the latitude of Khartum. Its range also seems to 

 extend into adjacent parts of Eritrea and Ethiopia, exclusive of 

 the mountains (Riippell, 1835, p. 24) . There is, however, a certain 

 vagueness in regard to its distribution, as indicated by the follow- 

 ing remarks of Lydekker and Elaine (1914, vol. 3, pp. 242-243) : 

 "Two types of colour-pattern occur in the giraffes of the Eastern 

 Sudan, namely, that just described [G. c. camelopardalis] and 

 the one recorded under the next heading [G. c. antiquorum], but 

 which represents the typical C. giraffa [ = camelopardalis] of Lin- 

 naeus, it is impossible to decide. Neither is there any definite 

 information with regard to the precise habitat of the form here 

 identified with the typical race." 



The combined ranges of G. c. camelopardalis and G. c. antiquorum 

 correspond roughly to the eastern portion of the Sudanese Savanna 

 District of Bowen (1933, pp. 256, 258). 



"In the mountains of Dendor, a district towards the Atbara, and 

 six or eight journeys south-east of Shendi, the Giraffe is found 

 .... It is hunted by the Arabs, Shukorein and Kowahel, and is 

 highly prized for its skin, of which the strongest buckles are made." 

 (Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia, p. 282, 1819, as quoted in Anderson 

 and de Winton, 1902, p. 352.) 



In 1861 Baker (1867, pp. 175-202) encountered large herds of 

 Giraffes, numbering up to more than 150 individuals, along the 

 Atbara River in the vicinity of Sofi, above the mouth of the Setit. 



"It is still found in small numbers on the Settit, and in larger 

 numbers throughout the uninhabited tracts on both sides of the 

 Binder, between the Rahad and the Blue Nile" (W. B. Cotton, 

 1912, p. 46). 



