[4] Compared to most other subspecies, the Kordofan giraffe is relatively small at 3.8 to 4.7 meters,[5] with more irregular spots on the inner legs.

[4] The Christian Science Monitor lists only 38 individuals being alive in the embattled Garamba National Park in The Democratic Republic of Congo due to poaching; their skin is used for luxury goods and they are said to produce enough meat to feed poachers for weeks.

[8] Illegal hunting represents the greatest threat to the subspecies, particularly in Bénoué National Park, where it may become locally extinct without further conservation interventions.

[2][3] They are naturally found in northern Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic and western Sudan.

[4] Historically some confusion has existed over the exact range limit of this subspecies compared to the West African giraffe, with populations in e.g. northern Cameroon formerly assigned to the latter.

Its diet consist of a variety of grasses, shrubs, buds, branches, leaves and bark, as well as seeds.