giraffe

giraffe (the long-necked ungulate mammal native to Africa)

Class

taxon, species, type of animal, mammal

Parent Class

▶ animal, mammal, eukaryote, chordate, hoofed mammal,  …

Giraffa, non-human animal, non-human mammal, herbivorous organism

Types

▶ Masai Giraffe, Somali Giraffe, Kordofan Giraffe, Rothschild giraffe, South African Giraffe,  …

West African Giraffe

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe

Collective Noun

"stretch", "journey", "tower", "herd", "corps"

Avg. Lifespan

10 years

Average Weight

900 kilograms

Family

Giraffidae

Genus

Giraffa

Kingdom

animal

Order

Cetartiodactyla, even-toed ungulate

Phylum

chordate

Found In

▶ Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan,  …

Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, West Africa, East Africa

Eat

tree (substance)

Principle Class of, Principal Class

giraffe

Common-sense Distinct From

person, pig, attribute

Attributes

least concern conservation status, conservation dependent status

Related Websites

▶ http://digimorph.org/specimens/Giraffa_camelopardalis/skull, http://youtube.com/watch?v=XrX9NBMUOzw, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16423382&dopt=Abstract, http://www.learnanimals.com/giraffe, http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/breedlove/matingsystem.html,  …

http://www.wickedgiraffe.com, http://fohn.net/giraffe-pictures-facts, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/tallblondes/index.html, http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=9194, http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/giraffe, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Giraffa_camelopardalis.html, http://www.girafes.net/girafes, http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Giraffa_camelopardalis, http://www.awf.org/wildlives/118, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4723850040768693233

Binomial Name

"Giraffa camelopardalis"

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001aa21"

OpenCyc ID

"Mx4rvVj0QJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Giraffe

Aliases

"giraffe"

Rare Terms

▶ "rothschild giraffe", "stereotypic behaviour in giraffes", "stereotpyic behaviour in giraffes", "guraffe", "camelopard",  …

"cameleopard", "girrafe", "nubian giraffe", "giraffa"

Adjective

"giraffine"

Universal Attributes

warm blooded, mammalian

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/03bk1"

Distinct From

▶ person, horse, pig, camel, zebra,  …

rhinoceros, bovid, head of cattle, warthog, geographical area of significant size, attribute, geographical area