Giraffe
Nhutwa

© Peter Delaney

Vito

Nhutwa (giraffa camelopardalis)

Xivumbeko

Nhutwa I xiharhi xo leha misaveni hinkwayo, ku fika 5.5m hiku leha, nkolo wa yona wo leha wa katsiwa. Nkolo wu endla leswaku ngati yi tsutsuma, leswi a swi se twisisiwa hiti zoologist. Nhutwa ya xinuna yi lehe ku fika 5 wa timitara ya xisati kwalomu ka 4.5 wa timitara. Nhutwa le yikulu ya xinuna yi tika 800-900 kilograms. Muhlovo wa yona wa braweni ka xisati na braweni wo ntima nyana ka xinuna. Mintlawa hinkwayo yini timhondzo ti nga tumbetiwa hi ti nhutwa.

Swakudya

Nhutwa ya swikota ku fikelela misinya laha ku tsandzekaka swiharhi swin’wana hikokwalaho ka nkolo wa yona wo leha. Ririmi ri tirha ku koka matluka ri yisa enon’wini.

Ntshikelelo

Swifuwo swa hlayelelani hiku landzela leti kulu swi bebula ndzhaku ka 457 wa masiku. Ricece ri tika 100kg loko ra ha ku beburiwa, ri wundliwa ku fikelela 68 wa tin’wheti, kambe I makume-ntlhanu mbirhi wa ti phesente leti fikelelaka ku kula, hikuva ticece ti hlotiwa hi tinghala, nati yingwe. Ti hlangana ni rimbewu rin’wani ndzhaku ka mune/ntlhanu wa malembe. Ku humelela ka tona swi kamberiwa hi Nhutlwa leyi kulu ku ya hi ntlawa.

Mahanyelo

Nhutwa xo ti hlanganisa nkarhi ni nkarhi, kambe ku hava ntlawa. Swinhutwana swi tshama ni mana wa swona, ivi ya xinuna yi tshama hi ntlawa hikokwalaho ko hava nkarhi wo bebula. Nhutwa ya xinuna yi lwela ku lawula ni ku hlangana ni Nhutwa ya xisati. Ti tirhisa nkolo wa tona ku tisirhelela ka valala va tona ti ri karhi ti jikisa nkolo. Leyi yi hluriwaka yi humesiwa yi tlhela yi vaviseka. Nhutwa I xiharhi xo miyela, swihambana ni timhaka ta vanhu. Nkarhi wun’wani loko yi kavanyetiwa,ya rila loko yi hlaseriwa hi valala va yona.

Ti kumeka kwini?

Khale a ti kumeka loko u hlota, ku rima ni mavanwi (rinder-pest), kambe namuntlha ku sirhelela nhlayo wa kona yi pfuxereliwile ka private ranches ni ti game reserve.

Ndzavisiso wa nkoka

Vito ra xilatin: Giraffe Camelopardalis
Ntikelo (xisati): 800 kg
Ntikelo (xinuna): 1200 kg
Ku bebhula: Makume-ntlhanu wa tin’wheti
Nhlayo wa vana: Un’we
Ku kula hi ntumbuluko: Mune/ntlhanu wa malembe
Ntikelo wo bebula: 102 kg
Order: Artiodacytyla
Ndyangu: Giraffidae
Rivilo ro tsutsuma: 55 km/h
Ntshikelelo: Nhutwa yin’we yi velekiwa nkarhi wun’wani-wun’wani loko ku hundza makume-nthlanu wa tin’wheti.

Spoor description

Square-toed wa mavala, Nhutwa yi hatla yi tshoveka timbambu hi kokwalaho ko rhetemuka loko ku tsakama.

Tinotsi

Kuna nhungu wa mitlawa yo hambana ya Nhutwa eAfrika, va nwa science va vitana mitlawa hi ku hambana-hambana ka yona:
Giraffe camelopardarlis Camelopardalis - Nubian giraffe found in Sudan and Ethiopia.
Giraffe camelopardarlis reticulata - Reticulated or Somali giraffe found in Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia
Giraffe camelopardarlis angolensis - Angolan or Namibian giraffefound in northern Namibia, south-western Zambia, Botswana and western Zimbabwe
Giraffe camelopardarlis antiquorum - Kordofan giraffe found in southern Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon and DR Congo
Giraffe camelopardarlis tippelskirchi - Masai or Kilimanjaro giraffe found in Kenya and Tanzania
Giraffe camelopardarlis rothschildi - Rothschild, Baringo or Ugandan giraffe found in Uganda and Kenya Giraffe camelopardarlis giraffe - South African giraffe found in South Africa, southern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Giraffe camelopardarlis thornicrofti -Thornicroft or Rhodesian giraffe, found only in Luangwa Valley in Zambia Giraffe camelopardarlis peralta - West African or Nigerian giraffe