The New York Times, August 22, 2025
For more than 260 years, scientists have consider giraffes a single species. Giraffa camelopardalis, as it was long known, existed across thousands of miles of African grasslands and woodlands.
But scientists now see giraffes differently. One species is officially four, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced on Thursday. Conservation biologists will now evaluate the status of each; preliminary data suggest three of the species are threatened with extinction.
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