Hair in tail tassel is 10 to 20 times thicker than hair on the human head. The tongue can be up to 20 inches long. The head can be 2 feet long. Reticulated giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata Characteristics Pattern of spots on every giraffe is unique and used to tell one from another. Baringo One of the largest of giraffes, similar to reticulated white lines are wider and neck may be blotched instead of narrowly reticulated.
Legs lack any markings below the knees and hocks.
Reticulated Considered a full species by many. Large bony protuberances on forehead. This is especially well marked in the Baringo old males often have two more posterior horns, small horns immediately behind the main pair, thus giving the giraffe a set of five horns. The horns are called ossicones. Male horns are larger than female.