- African animal - Camelopard - Long necked mammal - Long-necked ruminant - Tall mammal - Tallest mammal - An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to
the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the
camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet
from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its
fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.