Guinness World Records: First dwarf giraffe

Two wild male giraffes (Giraffa sp.) displaying signs of skeletal dysplasia – which can result in forms of dwarfism that affect bone development and often result in a shorter stature

And have been documented for the first time, as reported in BMC Research Notes on 30 December 2020.

One giraffe, known as Gimli (after the famous Lord of the Rings character), was first observed in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda in 2015 and as of 2017 had an estimated total height of 282.9 cm (9 ft 3 in).

The second, known as Nigel, was photographed in 2018 at a private farm in Namibia, measuring approximately 254.4 cm (8 ft 4 in) from hoof to the top of the ossicones (horns).

Dysplasia (unprecedented in this species to date) was evidenced by extremely short radius and metacarpal bones relative to giraffes of a similar age.

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