Reticulated Giraffe, the world's tallest land mammal
with a Red-billed Oxpecker.
This large male Giraffe had just shaken his head to get rid of the oxpecker.
The Reticulated Giraffe is one of the northern Kenya specialties just like the previously posted Grévy's Zebra, the Striped Hyena and the Vulturine Guineafowl.
It is the tallest of all the Giraffe subspecies.
Some scientific authorities propose that some of these subspecies are elevated to species level.
UPDATE ON 23 AUGUST: APPARENTLY THE IUCN HAS NOW ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT GIRAFFE SPECIES SO THIS IS NOW "GIRAFFA RETICULATA"
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
Netgiraffe of Somalische Giraffe
Girafe réticulée
Netzgiraffe
jirafa reticulada / jirafa somalí
giraffa somala o giraffa reticolata
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Reticulated Giraffe, the world's tallest land mammal
with a Red-billed Oxpecker.
This large male Giraffe had just shaken his head to get rid of the oxpecker.
The Reticulated Giraffe is one of the northern Kenya specialties just like the previously posted Grévy's Zebra, the Striped Hyena and the Vulturine Guineafowl.
It is the tallest of all the Giraffe subspecies.
Some scientific authorities propose that some of these subspecies are elevated to species level.
UPDATE ON 23 AUGUST: APPARENTLY THE IUCN HAS NOW ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT GIRAFFE SPECIES SO THIS IS NOW "GIRAFFA RETICULATA"
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
Netgiraffe of Somalische Giraffe
Girafe réticulée
Netzgiraffe
jirafa reticulada / jirafa somalí
giraffa somala o giraffa reticolata
Many thanks for your views, favorites and supportive comments.
All rights reserved.
Fons Buts©2025
My photos may not be used on websites, blogs or in any other media without my written and explicit permission.