Perth Zoo’s four-week-old female giraffe calf has been named Kamili.
The name is Swahili for perfection and was chosen from hundreds of entries submitted by a public naming competition.
The new female giraffe is the result of successful matchmaking between Perth Zoo’s breeding bull, Armani and female Kitoto, who was brought to Perth from Sydney’s Taronga Zoo in 2016 to help expand the genetics within the regional zoological breeding program.
When older, Kamili will play a vital role in the breeding program which aims to protect against extinction.
Wild giraffe have had a 40 per cent decline in population over the last 30 years.