You will see both Reticulated and Masai giraffes on the African Savanna.  

The Masai giraffe has a light brown coat with darker brown spots and light brown vine-like lines running throughout the spots. The Reticulated giraffe's brown and white brick-like pattern, called a reticulated pattern, gives them their name.


Scientific Name: Giraffa camelopardis

Conservation Status: Endangered

Size: Height: 14 to 18 feet

Weight: 2,600 to 4,200 pounds

Giraffe
Physical Description and Adaptations
Giraffes’ patterned coats help camouflage them from lions, hyenas, crocodiles, wild dogs and other large carnivores in dry savannas and open woodlands.