Angolan giraffe | |
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An individual in the savannahs of Etosha National Park, Namibia. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Giraffidae |
Genus: | Giraffa |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | G. g. angolensis
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Trinomial name | |
Giraffa giraffa angolensis Lydekker, 1903
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Range in maroon |
The Angolan giraffe (Giraffa angolensis[2] or Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis or Giraffa giraffa angolensis), also known as the Namibian giraffe or smokey giraffe, is a species or subspecies of giraffe that is found in northern Namibia, south-western Zambia, Botswana, western Zimbabwe and since mid-2023 again in Angola.[3]