Talk:Northern giraffe

Unclear table?

The table is said to have three valid subspecies and two former ones; however it only has four subspecies listed, not five. Additionally, there's no indication which of these four is the former one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lusotitan (talk • contribs) 20:09, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

This page should be merged with the main giraffe page.

Northern giraffe is a proposed species that is not part of the currently accepted taxonomy used by the IUCN. This page should be edited and info relevant to Nubian giraffes, the currently accepted subspecies, be moved to its page for clarity. DerekELee (talk) 09:31, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

The existence of a page for an unrecognized species is confusing. I suggest it be removed or greatly edited down for clarity. DerekELee (talk) 08:55, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi all, I totally agree this is not a stand alone Wiki page. It looks to have been created to bolster an academic's claim that their 2021 study proves it is a distinct species. Even if it is, there should only be one giraffe page.

People come here to learn about giraffes, but have to go to the main giraffe page for basic info. Let's not copy all that info here, let's roll this information into the giraffe page! Billyshiverstick (talk) 03:35, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

PS: DerekELee I edited this section for clarity, but hopefully along with your point. chrs.

@Billyshiverstick: That edit was summarised as This little stub was badly written. It should probably be a section in the Giraffe page., which is one pov, but there has been recent discussion on of giraffe articles that acknowledges the recognition given to subspecies. btw, the style is to have common names of animals in lowercase, whether northern ought to be capitalised in this scheme I don't know. ~ cygnis insignis 05:00, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Note: earlier discussion emerged at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mammals#Giraffa_sp. ~ cygnis insignis 05:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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The northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is native to North Africa. The northern giraffe has two horn-like protuberances known as ossicones on their foreheads. These are longer and larger than those of the southern giraffes, although bull northern giraffes have a third cylindrical ossicone in the center of the head just above the eyes which range in length between 3 inches (8 cm) and 5 inches (10 cm). This individual was photographed at Zoo d'Amnéville in northeastern France.

Photograph credit: Stefan Krause

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"Isolated" meaning?

Under "Distribution and habitat", there's a statement that these giraffes are "isolated" in certain countries. However, to me it seems unclear what is meant by this. Does it mean the giraffe populations in these countries have no contact with other giraffe populations? Or that giraffes are rare in these countries? Or what? TooManyFingers (talk) 16:28, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

@TooManyFingers, The first supposition seems most apt. "Populations are isolated" makes the most sense. Quisqualis (talk) 19:11, 13 November 2022 (UTC)