Masai giraffe
| Masai giraffe | |
|---|---|
| An adult female Masai giraffe in the Masaai Mara national park, Kenya. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | Giraffa |
| Species: | G. tippelskirchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Giraffa tippelskirchi (Matschie, 1898) | |
| Range in dark pink | |
| Synonyms | |
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Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi | |
The Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi), also spelled Maasai giraffe, and sometimes called the Kilimanjaro giraffe, is a species or subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania and Uganda. It has distinctive jagged, irregular leaf-like blotches that extend from the hooves to its head. The Masai giraffe is currently the national animal of Tanzania.