Rothschild's giraffe is a subspecies of the Northern giraffe. It is one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe, with 1,399 mature individuals estimated in the wild in 2018.
Rothschild's giraffe
Rothschild's giraffes at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya
Rothschild's giraffes at Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda
The northern giraffe, also known as three-horned giraffe, is the type species of giraffe, G. camelopardalis, and is native to North Africa, although alternative taxonomic hypotheses have proposed the northern giraffe as a separate species.
Northern giraffe
Skull of a northern giraffe, that demonstrates the ossicones on their foreheads
Image: Zoo de Vincennes, Paris, France April 2014 (7), crop
Image: Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis (Al Ain Zoo, UAE), crop & flip