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Gestation. Giraffes are pregnant for a period between 14 and 15 months, or 453 to 464 days, one of longest gestation periods in the animal kingdom. Giraffes usually give birth to one offspring at a time, although twins are born occasionally.
Reproduction is broadly polygamous: a few older males mate with the fertile females. Giraffe gestation lasts 400â460 days, after which a single calf is normally born, although twins occur on rare occasions. The mother gives birth standing up. Conservation status. The giraffe species as a whole is assessed as Least Concern from a conservation perspective by the IUCN, as it is still numerous. Two subspecies, the West African giraffe and the Rothschild giraffe, have been classified as Endangered, as wild populations of each of them number in the hundreds.