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two other races have been described by Dr. Matschie from East 

 Africa. 1 



The Two Giraffes 



In British East Africa 



Ndorobo Name, Njangitomara ; Swahili Name, Twiga 



In British East Africa two forms of giraffe (G. camelopardalis typicn, and 

 G. capensis) meet. 



The southern animal, identical with the giraffe of South Africa, is 

 found as far north as the Athi or Sabaki River at all events ; and all about 

 the route to Uganda, so far as there are any giraffes, they belong to that 

 kind. In all probability the Tana River from the sea to Mount Kenia is 

 the division, though I could not say absolutely for certain that there are 

 no northern giraffe on its right bank, having never killed a specimen 

 there ; but I do know that as soon as the river is crossed there are no 

 more of the southern kind seen all the way to Lake Rudolph. Probably 

 from Kenia the line of parting may be continued inland by the Laikipia 

 plateau ; but this is mere conjecture, as I do not know for certain how far 

 the southern form extends north of the latitude of Baringo, if at all. 



Mr. W. E. de Winton has gone carefully into the question of the 

 differences between the two species in his " Remarks on the existing forms 

 of Giraffe," published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1897. 

 Although the distinctive colouring of each is not easy to describe clearly, 

 the appearance of these two species of giraffe is strikingly different. 

 The general effect of the southern form is of an animal having a dirty- 

 white ground-colour, marked with numberless irregular, ill -defined 

 blotches varying from reddish fawn-colour to a hue approaching to black 

 in different individuals ; while the northern type produces the impression 



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