Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the Giraffidæ; a camelopard.
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- noun An animal of the family
Giraffidae (such as thegiraffe andokapi ).
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Famously discovered by Harry Johnston and named by P.L. Sclater in 1901 (Johnston thought he was tracking down reports of a new forest-dwelling equid), Okapia is a short-necked forest-dwelling giraffid, though how typical it is in the grand scheme of giraffid diversity and evolution has proved controversial.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Famously discovered by Harry Johnston and named by P.L. Sclater in 1901 (Johnston thought he was tracking down reports of a new forest-dwelling equid), Okapia is a short-necked forest-dwelling giraffid, though how typical it is in the grand scheme of giraffid diversity and evolution has proved controversial.
More on what I saw at the zoo Darren Naish 2006
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