indlulamithi isilwane esincelisayo esikhulu sase-Afrika esinentamo nemilenze ende kakhulu, amabala ejazini laso, nezimpondo ezimbili noma ngaphezulu ezimfishane ekhanda laso. Igama lesayensi lendlulamithi lithi Giraffa camelopardalis, futhi iyisilwane sasemhlabeni eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni, esifinyelela ukuphakama okungamamitha angu-18. Izindlulamithi ziyizilwane ezidla utshani futhi zitholakala ezindaweni ezihlala emathafeni nasezihlahleni ezise-sub-Saharan Africa.