Barbary lion that the Barbary lion does not differ significantly from lion samples collected in West and northern parts of Central Africa. It falls into the same phylogeographic group as the Asiatic lion. The Barbary lion was also called 'North African lion', 'Berber lion', 'Amazigh lion', 'Atlas lion', 'Egyptian lion', Barbary lion zoological specimens range in colour from light to dark tawny. Male lion skins have short manes, light manes, dark manes or long manes. Head-to-tail length of stuffed males in zoological collections varies from , and of females around . Skull size varied from . Some manes extended over the shoulder
Masai giraffe Masai giraffe The Masai giraffe ("Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii"), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches which extend to the hooves. A median lump is usually present in males. The IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies. The Masai giraffe was described and given the binomial name "Giraffa tippelskirchi" by German zoologist Paul Matschie in 1898. The Masai giraffe was named in honor