| The genus currently consists of one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, the type species. |
| Camelopardalis is the 18th largest constellation by area in the sky despite having no stars brighter than mag 4, although it does boast of the asterism Kemble's Cascade. |
| The giraffe was also known to the Greeks and Romans, who believed that it was an unnatural hybrid of a camel and a leopard and called it camelopardalis. |
| The constellation of Camelopardalis, introduced in the seventeenth century, depicts a giraffe. |
| Capella hugs the northern horizon below Camelopardalis and the Lynx. |
| Cassiopeia is on the meridian and close to the zenith with Cepheus to her west and Camelopardalis to her east. |
