A huge Southern Giraffe Taxidermy head, neck and shoulder haunches. This is a immensely impressive piece of taxidermy. Fantastic quality Southern Giraffe taxidermy with great markings.
The southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) is a species of giraffe native to Southern Africa.
Southern giraffes have rounded or blotched spots, some with star-like shapes on a light tan background, running down to the hooves. Furthermore they range from South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Additionally their approx. population is 44,500.
Living giraffes were classified as one species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, under the name Cervus camelopardalis. Morten Thrane Brünnich classified the genus Giraffa in 1772. Considered a subspecies of the conglomerate Giraffa camelopardalis species. Instead, recent studies suggested the southern giraffe as a separate species of a reorganised genus Giraffa, under the binomial name Giraffa giraffa. However, the taxonomic scheme has been criticized, and currently the IUCN recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies.
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