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The Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is a mammal living in the Ituri Rainforest in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. Although it bears stripe markings reminiscent of the zebra, it is most closely related to the giraffe.

Trivia about okapi

  • Unlike the giraffe, which lives in the savannah, this smaller relative lives in the dense jungle
  • Also called the "forest giraffe", this small member of the giraffe family was discovered around 1900 in the Congo
  • When the giraffe invites all its taxonomic "family" to a party, this is the only animal that shows up
  • Bashful plant eater seen here
  • This endangered giraffe relative is more at home in the rainforest than on the open plain
  • This giraffe relative is also called a forest giraffe

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