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"Giraffe have always been protected as far as white men are 

 concerned, but at one time when they were valuable dozens of 

 giraffe-tails were sold to stores by the natives. I am happy to say 

 one does not see many offered now." 



In the Kalabo district "giraffe are occasionally found along the 

 southern border." 



At the Ngwesi Pan, in the Sesheke district, "it is ... reported 

 that there are about a hundred giraffe left." 



The Giraffes of the Caprivi, or of at least that portion of it lying 

 east of the Kwando, doubtless belong to the present subspecies. 

 The remaining accounts refer to this region. 



"In the country between the Chobe and the Zambesi the giraffe 

 is also found, in the neighbourhood of Linyanti ; but it is not nearly 

 so numerous there as on the other side of the former river. Imme- 

 diately north of the Zambesi it is unknown." (Selous, 1890, p. 230.) 



According to Wilhelm (1933, p. 58), it occurs on the north side 

 of the Okavango River, between the Kwito and the Kwando. 



"In the Central Caprivi between the Okavango and the Chobe 

 Giraffe are fairly plentiful; in the Eastern Caprivi they are present 

 on the northern border, but there are not many there to-day" 

 (Balme, in Shortridge, 1934a, vol. 2, p. 621). 



Angola Giraffe. Girafe d' Angola (Fr.) 



GlRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS ANGOLENSIS Lydekker 



Girafta camelopardalis angolensis Lydekker, in Hutchinson's Animal Life, 

 vol. 2, p. 121, 1903. ("Cuneni Valley, 150 miles south-west of Humbe, 

 Angola" (Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 3, p. 254).) 



FIGS.: Lydekker, 1904a, pi. 14; Lydekker, 1908, p. 365, fig. 72; Wilhelm, 1933, 

 p. 58, fig.; Shortridge, 1934, vol. 2, pis. facing pp. 619, 624, 628. 



This Giraffe is very rare in Angola, and occurs in limited numbers 

 in South- West Africa. 



"Allied to capensis . . . , but with the brown markings of the 

 sub-quadrangular type of those of congoensis, and separated from 

 one another by a network of lighter lines. Spots on face restricted 

 to an area below a line connecting the lower border of eye with 

 angle of mouth; . . . body-spots large, brown, with ill-defined 

 margins; a sudden break into smaller spots at middle of thighs 

 and on the corresponding part of fore-legs"; under parts abundantly 

 spotted; "ground-colour white or whitish; shanks tawny, profusely 

 spotted to the hoofs. Anterior horn represented by a low tuber- 

 osity." (Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 3, p. 254.) Height of a 

 bull from Angola, 18 feet 4 inches (Ward, 1935, p. 40) . 



While the range of this subspecies has not been definitely deter- 

 mined, the Giraffes of Angola and northern South-West Africa will 



