Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) made in Parque Nacional Lago Nakuru, Valle del Rift, Kenya on 05/09/2012. The photograph was published by Carlos Villa and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Subespecie " de Rothschild" lleva el nombre de Walter Rothschild, se conoce también como jirafa de Baringo o jirafa de Uganda y su área de distribución incluye partes de Uganda y Kenya. Tiene un patron similar a las “Masai” pero a diferencia de estas no tiene marcas en las piernas dando una apariencia de usar “calcetines blancos largos”. Esta es la única subespecie que nace con cinco ossicones. Dos de ellos son los más grandes y más evidentes en la parte superior de la cabeza, que son comunes a
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum / Division: | Chordata | |
| Class: | Mammalia | |
| Order: | Artiodactyla | |
| Family: | Giraffidae | |
| Scientific name: | Giraffa camelopardalis | |
| English Name: | Northern Giraffe | |
| Spanish Name: | Jirafa | |
| Portuguese Name: | ||
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| Sex: | N/A | |
| Life stage: | Adult | |
| Registration date: | 05/09/2012 | |
| Country: | Kenya | |
| Province / Department: | Valle del Rift | |
| Location or protected area: | Parque Nacional Lago Nakuru | |
| Location accuracy: | Low | |
| Belonging: | Native | |
| Condition: | Wild | |
| Certainty: | Photographed | |
| Reproduction information: | No | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
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| Photography ID: | 55082 View Full Record | |
| Manufacturer: | Canon | |
| Camera model: | Canon EOS REBEL T1i | |
| Shutter speed: | 1/200 | |
| Aperture: | 7.1 | |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 100 | |
| Focal length: | 135mm | |
| Creation date: | 2012:09:05 08:56:22 | |
| Using Flash: | No | |
| Publication date: | 06/28/2014 22:19:36 | |
