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How much does a Northern giraffe weight?

It is hard to guess what a Northern giraffe weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) on average weights 959.83 kg (2116.05 lbs).

The Northern giraffe is from the family Giraffidae (genus: Giraffa). It is usually born with about 55.22 kg (121.74 lbs). They can live for up to 36.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.18 meter (13′ 9″). On average, Northern giraffes can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.

As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.

The average adult weight of a Northern giraffe is 959.83 kg (2116.05 lbs)

See Giraffe for details of how this proposed taxonomy fits with the currently accepted taxonomy of giraffes.The northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), also known as three-horned giraffe, is the type species of giraffe native to North Africa.In the current IUCN taxonomic scheme, there is only one species of giraffe with the name G. camelopardalis and nine subspecies, but alternative taxonomic hypotheses have proposed two to eleven species.Once abundant throughout Africa since the 19th century, it ranged from Senegal, Mali and Nigeria from West Africa to up north in Egypt. The West African giraffes once lived in Algeria and Morocco in ancient periods until their extinctions due to the Saharan dry climate. It is isolated in South Sudan, Kenya, Chad and Niger.All giraffes are considered Vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN. In 2016, around 97,000 individuals from all subspecies were present in the wild. There are currently 5,195 northern giraffes.

Animals of the same family as a Northern giraffe

We found other animals of the Giraffidae family:

  • Okapi bringing 230 kilos (507.06 lbs) to the scale

Animals with the same weight as a Northern giraffe

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Giraffa camelopardalis:

Animals with the same size as a Northern giraffe

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern giraffe:

Animals with the same litter size as a Northern giraffe

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern giraffe:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Northern giraffe

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Northern giraffe: