The giraffe is a ruminant artiodactyl that lives in Africa. Its Latin name means "camel with leopard spots". They are the tallest living land animals in the world. When standing, they can reach 6-8 meters from head to toe, weigh approximately 700 kilograms, and newborn calves are 1.5 meters tall.

The fur of this animal is spotted and reticulated in color and pattern. Its forehead is wide, its snout is pointed, its ears are large and erect, and there is a pair of short bony horns on the top of its head, which are covered with skin and hair.

Its neck is very long (about two meters) and there is a mane on the back of its neck; its body is short; its limbs are tall and strong, its forelimbs are slightly longer than its hind limbs, and its hooves are wide and wide. Its tail is short and tufted in black.

Its teeth are primitive low-crown teeth and it cannot eat grass as its staple food, but only leaves. Its tongue is long and can be used for feeding; it has short horns, which are covered by hairy skin.

Habitat in African tropical, subtropical savannah, shrubland, open albizia woodland, dry and open savannah zone, and semi-desert zone with few trees. It is a herbivore that feeds mainly on leaves and twigs. Giraffes live for about 27 years in the wild and over 29 years in zoos.

Native to Africa, mainly from sub-Saharan to the eastern Transvaz in South Africa, Natal and northern Botswana. Has disappeared from most of West Africa, except for some surviving individuals in Niger. Giraffes have been reintroduced to hunting in South Africa. It is the national animal of South Africa.

However, people only know the existence of the animal giraffe, but they don't know the area between them. There are also different categories of giraffes.

The types can be divided into:

The reticulated giraffe, or Somali giraffe: has large, polygonal brown spots lined with bright white netting. The spots are sometimes dark red and can spread to the feet.

Angora giraffe, or smoke giraffe: large spots with notches at the edges that extend down the entire lower body.

Kudu Giraffe: Smaller, more irregular spots covering the inside of the legs.

Masai giraffe, or Kilimanjaro giraffe: Spotted like grape leaves with jagged edges. The base color is dark chocolate.

Nubian Giraffe: The spots are square and maroon; the ground color is white. There are no spots on the inside of the legs and below the upper extremities.

Roche's Giraffe, or Uganda's Giraffe: Spotted dark brown in oblong shape with indistinct reticulation. The lower extremities are sometimes spotted.

South African Giraffe: The spots are rounder and sometimes star-shaped. The ground color is light brown and extends to the hooves.

Zambian Giraffe: Star-shaped spots extending down the lower limbs.

West African giraffe, or Algerian giraffe: light yellow spots. Giraffes are endemic animals in Africa.