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Earth’s tallest land mammal, the giraffe, is now threatened with extinction, according to an update to an international list of threatened species.

Over the last 30 years, giraffe numbers have dropped by 40 percent across the globe, from around 151,702 to 163,452 individuals in 1985 to 97,562 giraffesin 2015, said officials who updated the threatened species list for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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