Angolan giraffe

Angolan giraffe
An individual in the savannahs of Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffa
Species:
Subspecies:
G. g. angolensis
Trinomial name
Giraffa giraffa angolensis
Lydekker, 1903
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]

  1. ^ Marais, A.; Fennessy, J.; Fennessy, S.; Brand, R.; Carter, K. (2020). "Angolan Giraffe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T88420726A176393590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T88420726A176393590.en.
  2. ^ Groves, Colin; Grubb, Peter (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy. JHU Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN 9781421400938.
  3. ^ For the first time in decades, Angolan giraffes now populate a park in Angola, Megan Lim, NPR, 2023-07-11