Giraffe Without Color

Some other unusual giraffe color variations, such as all-white giraffes, are caused by a condition called leucism, which leads to much lighter skin and hair because the body doesn't produce normal coloring. But these leucistic giraffes are different from the evenly brown 'spotless' giraffes like Kipekee. Tennessee zoo welcomes world's only spotless giraffe In the rolling hills of rural Tennessee, a giraffe calf with no spots at all is quietly rewriting what we thought we knew about her species.

Born on July 31, 2023, at Brights Zoo, the young reticulated giraffe named Kipekee doesn't carry the iconic lattice of patches that define her kind. Just a few weeks old and still without a name, a newborn giraffe at a zoo in northeastern Tennessee could rightly be nicknamed "spotless." The female giraffe born without its characteristic. Following the July 31 birth of a spotless giraffe at a Tennessee zoo, another spotless giraffe was seen in the wild in Namibia; scientists believe a genetic mutation or recessive genotype may be.

Spotless giraffe cub. Image screenshot by @ abc7newsbayarea via Instagram. In late July, a rare giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in Tennessee.

This baby giraffe is unique because it was born without spots. Such a birth is extremely rare and has caught global attention. Meet the Spotless Giraffe.

The calf was born at Bright's Zoo with a solid-brown coat, a rarity among giraffes, which use their brown patches for camouflage in the wild. Zookeepers at Brights Zoo have dubbed the brown female giraffe, which was born on July 31, "the world's rarest" of the species and believe that she's the only solid. The spotless giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, on July 31 and the zoo says experts believe she is the only solid.

As of August 2025, the only known spotless giraffe in the world was living in a Tennessee zoo. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: In 2023, a rare spotless giraffe named Kipekee was.