Female Masai Giraffe Portrait (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Arusha National Park
Tanzania
East Africa
For a while I will be going back in my archives to my first trip to Africa in 2004. As of now, I only have two images from that trip in my Tanzania album. I went with Thomson Safaris as part of my trip with the National Wildlife Federation.
The Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches which extend to the hooves. A median lump is usually present in males.
All giraffes are considered Vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN, and the Masai giraffe population declined 52% in recent decades. Overall, the approximate number of all populations accumulate to 32,550 in the wild. Demographic studies of wild giraffes living inside and outside protected areas suggest low adult survival outside protected areas due to poaching, and low calf survival inside protected areas due to predation are the primary influences on population growth rates. Survival of giraffe calves is influenced by the season of birth, and the seasonal local presence or absence of long-distance migratory herds of wildebeest and zebra. - Wikipedia
Female Masai Giraffe Portrait (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Arusha National Park
Tanzania
East Africa
For a while I will be going back in my archives to my first trip to Africa in 2004. As of now, I only have two images from that trip in my Tanzania album. I went with Thomson Safaris as part of my trip with the National Wildlife Federation.
The Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches which extend to the hooves. A median lump is usually present in males.
All giraffes are considered Vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN, and the Masai giraffe population declined 52% in recent decades. Overall, the approximate number of all populations accumulate to 32,550 in the wild. Demographic studies of wild giraffes living inside and outside protected areas suggest low adult survival outside protected areas due to poaching, and low calf survival inside protected areas due to predation are the primary influences on population growth rates. Survival of giraffe calves is influenced by the season of birth, and the seasonal local presence or absence of long-distance migratory herds of wildebeest and zebra. - Wikipedia