Okapi

The okapi, Okapia johnstoni, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native tae the Ituri Rainforest, locatit in the northeast o the Democratic Republic o the Congo, in Central Africae. Altho the okapi bears striped markins reminiscent o zebras, it is maist closely relatit tae the giraffe.

Okapi
Male in ZooParc de Beauval
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Faimily:	Giraffidae
Genus:	Okapia Lankester, 1901
Species:	O. johnstoni
Binomial name
Okapia johnstoni (P.L. Sclater, 1901)
Range o the okapi

The ainimal wis broucht tae prominent European attention bi speculation on its existence foond in popular press reports coverin Henry Morton Stanley's joorneys in 1887. Remains o a carcass wur later sent tae Lunnon bi the Inglis adventurer an colonial admeenistrator Harry Johnston an acame a media event in 1901.^[2] The day, aboot 10,000–20,000 remain in the wild an as o 2011, 42 different institutions display them warldwide.^[3][4]