The Masai giraffe is distinguished by jagged and irregular spots on its body. Its range extends across central and southern Kenya and throughout Tanzania.
2. Luangwa giraffe
Answer: Giraffa tippelskirchi thornicrafti
This is the subspecies of Masai giraffe that exists as an isolated population in the South Luangwa Valley, eastern Zambia.
3. Northern giraffe
Answer: Giraffa camelopardalis
The Northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is a species of giraffe that includes several subspecies, including the Kordofan giraffe, Nubian giraffe, and West African giraffe.
4. Kordofan giraffe
Answer: Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum
This subspecies is found in southern Chad, Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, and western South Sudan. The Kordofan giraffe has fewer jagged patches on its coat than other types of giraffe.
5. Nubian giraffe
Answer: Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis
This subspecies of northern giraffe cane is found in western Ethiopia, eastern South Sudan, Kenya, and Uganda.
6. West African giraffe
Answer: Giraffa camelopardalis peralta
The West African giraffe is noticeably lighter in appearance than other giraffes. Their patches are rectangular and tan coloured and broadly surrounded by a creamy colour. There are no markings on their lower legs. The subspecies has a limited range in Niger, Benin, and northern Cameroon.
7. Reticulated giraffe
Answer: Giraffa reticulata
The reticulated giraffe has a distinctive, net-like, pattern of reddish-brown patches on a pale cream background, which gives it its name. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, and northern Kenya.
8. Southern giraffe
Answer: Giraffa giraffa
The Southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) is a species of giraffe that includes two subspecies, including the Angolan giraffe, and the South African giraffe.
9. Angolan giraffe
Answer: Giraffa giraffa angolensis
The Angolan giraffe is relatively light in colour. It has large, uneven and irregularly notched light brown patches. Its range is extends from southern Angola, Zambia, and northern Botswana.
10. South African giraffe
Answer: Giraffa giraffa giraffa
The range of the South African giraffe is dotted throughout south-eastern Angola, north-eastern Namibia, northern Botswana, south-western Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, and South Africa.
It has rounded or blotched spots, some with star-like extensions on a light tan background, running down to the hooves.
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