1) Family giraffidae 2) Giraffes 3) Mammal family 
The Giraffidae are ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids. This biological family, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, contains only two living members, the giraffe and the okapi. Both are confined to sub-Saharan Africa: the giraffe to the open savannas, and the okapi to the dense rain...
(from the article `artiodactyl`) ...into sub-Saharan Africa, although they have reached the Americas. There are about 30 species, the greatest number being concentrated in South ...
[n] - giraffes
family Giraffidae noun giraffes