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Charles Foley; Lara Foley; Alex Lobora; Daniela De Luca; Maurus Msuha; Tim R. B. Davenport; Sarah M. Durant (2014). A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania. Princeton University Press. pp.179–. ISBN 978-1-4008-5280-2. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023 . Retrieved 13 July 2016. The original scientific name for giraffe was Giraffa camelopardalis. This name originated from the thought that a giraffe’s body looked like a camel’s body and its coloration was similar to that of a leopard. How old is a giraffe in human years? Bond, Monica L.; Strauss, Megan K. L.; Lee, Derek E. (16 August 2016). "Soil Correlates and Mortality from Giraffe Skin Disease in Tanzania". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 52 (4): 953–958. doi: 10.7589/2016-02-047. ISSN 0090-3558. PMID 27529292. S2CID 46776142.The newly-named giraffe relative Discokeryx xiezhi (a) lived about 16.9 million years ago. The other animals depicted in this landscape (b-g) are thought to have lived in the Junggar Basin of China around that time, as well. (Image credit: Wang et al., Science (2022)) Built for headbutting Darwin explains that individuals with characteristics better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and therefore, such traits are inherited. He also said that species that can not compete and adapt eventually become extinct. While the Namibian farmer had spotted Nigel regularly over the years, it was only after our observations that he realized that Nigel was not a juvenile but a fully grown male giraffe," co-author Emma Wells, a researcher for the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. "It is mainly in comparison to other giraffe that his difference in stature becomes obvious."