giraffe
Množina: giraffes
ETYM French girafe, Spanish girafa, from Arabic zurâfa, zarâfa.
Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa; SYN. camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis.
Worlds tallest mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, belonging to the ruminant family Giraffidae. It stands over 5.5 m/18 ft tall, the neck accounting for nearly half this amount. The giraffe has two to four small, skin-covered, hornlike structures on its head and a long, tufted tail. The skin has a mottled appearance and is reddish brown and cream. Giraffes are found only in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert.
Both members of the Giraffidae, the giraffe and the okapi, are able to use their extremely long tongues for cleaning their eyes and ears.
Giraffa camelopardalis · camelopard
Giraffe
IPA: / ɡˈiːrafə /Fam. der Wiederkäuer, mit bis zu 3 m langem Hals, insges. bis zu 6 m hoch; Fell braungefleckt. Die 25 Hörner sind meist mit Fell überzogen. Die G. bewohnt in Herden die Buschsteppen Afrikas. Zum Abweiden der Bäume sind die 7 Halswirbel stark vergrößert.