Three giraffe subspecies

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  cockroach

• 31 Aug 2010

Where you can see three giraffe subspecies in one enclosure?

 

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  Benzoo

• 31 Aug 2010

Nice to see. Luckily it's three bulls. There are enough hybrids in zoos. Especially now when G. c. rothschildi is upgraded to "Endangered" by IUCN.

 

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  Chlidonias

• 31 Aug 2010

what are these three giraffe sbspecies?

 

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  scimiterhorned1

• 31 Aug 2010

1 is reticulated and the other is rothschild. i dnt know what the other is. is it an angolan ?

 

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  KCZooFan

• 31 Aug 2010

scimiterhorned1 said:

1 is reticulated and the other is rothschild. i dnt know what the other is. is it an angolan ?

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If your talking about the one on the far right, I beleive it is Masai.

 

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  scimiterhorned1

• 31 Aug 2010

it dosent look like a masai. it looks like another rothschild 2 me. look at the white socks and coat colouring

 

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  jbnbsn99

• 1 Sep 2010

Looks like (from r to l) a Rothschild, an Angolan, and a Reticulated x Rothschild

 

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  Benzoo

• 1 Sep 2010

jbnbsn99 said:

Looks like (from r to l) a Rothschild, an Angolan, and a Reticulated x Rothschild

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It´s definitely a Rothschilds to the left and a Reticulated to the right and the one in the middle should be another northern subspecies, a Western (G. c. perlata) or Kordofan (G. c. antiquorum).

 

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  Tarsius

• 1 Sep 2010

DResden is keeping three male giraffes, all pure bred : rothschildi, peralta ( westafrican or nigerian giraffe ) and reticulata.

The studbook keeper is not diffrence anymore between peralta and antiquorum, this two westafrican subspecies are now only peralta.

 

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  cockroach

• 1 Sep 2010

Benzoo and Tarsius you are right. I think the middle male Diko is from Antwerpen or Plackendael. And these three males represents all the giraffe forms in Europe...or am I wrong (zootierliste doesnt work today)?