The Rothschild Giraffe, more accurately the Rothschild's Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis, formerly Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) is a highly endangered population of giraffe. It is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon (Xbox).
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The Rothschild's giraffe, also known as the Baringo giraffe or Ugandan giraffe, is one of the most endangered populations of giraffe, with only an estimated 1,399 adult individuals in the wild as of 2018. It is named after the Tring Museum's founder, Walter Rothschild. All Rothschild's giraffes living in the wild are in protected areas in Kenya and Uganda. In 2007, the Rothschild's giraffe was proposed as actually a separate species from other giraffe and not a giraffe subspecies, however, recent studies have aligned it to be an ecotype of Nubian Giraffe, though this is still debated.
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- The Rothschild giraffe is listed as Endangered in Zoo Tycoon (Xbox), however the subspecies has since been reclassified as a Near Threatened population of the Critically Endangered Nubian giraffe.