SOUTHERN GIEAFFE 



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become united to it. False hoofs absent. Dentition : 

 incisors 0-3, canines 0-1, premolars 3-3, molars 3-3, 

 total = 32. 



FIG. 75. Southern Giraffe. 



Giraffa capensis. Southern Giraffe. Kameel. 



Native names : Tuthla (Basuto) ; Ihuhla (Zulu) ; 



Indhlubamiti (Swazi). 



The colour is pale tawny yellow or pale yellowish brown, 

 marked with large irregularly-shaped blotches of yellowish 

 or dark-brown. The spots on the legs are smaller and 

 paler. There is a short upstanding mane on the neck, 

 which is of a chestnut-brown colour. The height of a 



