giraffe

Giraffe – one species or more?

Justin Bell2024-12-02T13:19:49+01:00Justin Bell, Rare species|

An essential requirement for a species is that they can reproduce and have fertile offspring. Clearly if they cannot do so, they become extinct. Most hybrids such as a liger, which results when a lion and a tiger mate, are infertile. The same occurs when a horse is cross-bred with ...

Africa’s most iconic mammal

Justin Bell2017-03-15T16:22:54+01:00African Safari, Justin Bell|

Mention Africa and lions, cheetahs, gazelles, elephants, rhinoceroses and leopards come to mind, but none of these animals are uniquely African, as they are also indigenous in Asia. For instance one of the three surviving species of elephant in the world, the Indian elephant, is Asian. So which mammal is ...

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