Giraffe, giraffa , quadruped animal. The Arabs named it zurnapa ; in Latin it was called camelo-pardalis , because its skin is spotted like a leopard’s, and because it has a long neck like a camel. Belon saw a giraffe in Cairo that was very beautiful and docile; its head resembled that of a deer, though not as big. It had blunt horns, six fingers long, and covered with hair; those of the female are shorter. That giraffe had big ears, like a cow, a long, straight and skinny neck, a fine-haired mane and tail, and slender legs; the forelegs were quite long, and the hind legs were quite short in proportion; the feet resembled those of an ox; the tail went down to the back of the knee, and the hair at its tip was three times thicker than that of a horse; it had a very thin body with white and reddish-brown hair. This animal has the bearing of a camel, it sleeps on its stomach, and it has calluses on its chest and thighs; when it grazes on grass, it has to spread its legs forward; nevertheless it has great difficulty lowering its head to the ground; but, on the contrary, it is easy for it to reach the branches of trees, because its forelegs and neck are so long. Its height was sixteen feet from its feet to the top of its head, and it was eighteen feet long from its tail to the top of its head; the neck was seven feet long. See Quadruped.