网纹长颈鹿 (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) 又称为索马里长颈鹿，是生活在肯尼亚、索马里和埃塞俄比亚莽原和疏林地带的长颈鹿亚种。网纹长颈鹿与其他亚种的不同之处，在于毛皮上由白色交错纹路划分出的大面积多边形斑块，斑块多为棕褐色至红色。雄性和雌性网纹长颈鹿都非常高大，但雄性比雌性高得多，而且雄性头上有发育良好的骨质角，雌性的角则较小且细。长颈鹿以其长颈闻名，长颈使它们能吃到其他动物碰不着的树叶。
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Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
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Animal Facts
The tongue of the giraffe is 45cm long and prehensile.
The skin of the giraffe secretes chemicals that repels parasites and gives giraffes a distinctive smell.
The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that giraffes where a cross between camels and leopards, thus the Latin name for ‘giraffe’ is ‘camelopardalis’.
Male giraffes fight viciously by swinging their necks and horned heads into each other to win the right to mate with females.