Do giraffes have a hierarchy?
Giraffes live in herds of related females and their offspring, or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males, but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations. Males establish social hierarchies through “necking”, which are combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon.
What is the order of giraffes?
Even-toed ungulates
TherapsidBoreoeutheria
Giraffe/Order
What are the 8 levels of classification for a giraffe?
Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia.
- Phylum: Chordata.
- Class: Mammalia.
- Order: *Artiodactyla (even-toed hoofed animals; includes pigs, sheep goats, cattle, deer)
- Family: Giraffidae.
- Genus: Giraffa.
- Describer (Date): Linnaeus (1758)
What is the scientific classification of a giraffe?
Giraffa
Giraffe/Scientific names
What kind of social structure does a giraffe have?
Giraffes are social animals that live in unstable herds of 10 to 20 individuals, although they can be up to 50 members. However, they do not have strong social ties like other animal species, except the mothers with their offspring, since each member of the herd can leave the group at will. The herds have females, offspring, young, and some males.
How many species of giraffe are there in the world?
The IUCN currently recognises one species ( Giraffa camelopardalis) and nine subspecies of giraffe, which is historically based on outdated assessments of their morphological features and geographic ranges.
What kind of giraffe is the southern Giraffa?
The genus Giraffa is made up of the northern giraffe (G. camelopardalis), the southern giraffe (G. giraffa), the Masai giraffe (G. tippelskirchi), and the reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata).
How does a giraffe know who is the dominant male?
The members recognize the dominant male by its posture. When they keep the neck straight, the head upright and the legs firm, they are competing against another bull to measure their level of dominance. When the giraffes are in submission behavior, the head and ears are held down. “Necking” of two males. Behavior