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Carl Linnaeus included the giraffe in the animal classifier in 1758 under the Latin system name Giraffa camelopardalis. The first part of the name comes from the distorted Arabic word “zarafa” (smart). The second part of the name literally means "leopard camel". To date, the giraffe is considered the tallest animal, while they are quite massive. They can weigh up to 1200 kilograms, and their height is about 6 meters (2-storey house), while 1/3 of the body length is the neck.