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How old does a Northern giraffe get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Northern giraffe reaches?

An adult Northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) usually gets as old as 36.25 years.

Northern giraffes are around 455 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 55.22 kg (121.74 lbs) and measure 3.3 cm (0′ 2″). As a member of the Giraffidae family (genus: Giraffa), a Northern giraffe caries out around 1 little ones per pregnancy, which happens around 1 times a year. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 4.18 meter (13′ 9″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

A Northern giraffe gets as old as 36.25 years

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

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Giraffidae):

  • Okapi becoming 33 years old

Animals that reach the same age as Northern giraffe

With an average age of 36.25 years, Northern giraffe are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Northern giraffe

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Northern giraffe

A fully grown Northern giraffe reaches around 959.83 kg (2116.05 lbs). So do these animals:

Animals as big as a Northern giraffe

Those animals grow as big as a Northern giraffe: