Okapi
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An okapi at Disney's
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Scientific classification
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Binomial name
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Okapia johnstoni |
Okapi
distribution.
The okapi (Okapia
johnstoni) is a mammal of the Ituri Rainforest in central Africa. Although
it bears striped markings reminiscent of the zebra, it is most closely related
to the giraffe. Native just to the Ituri forests situated in the north east of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it was known only to the local people
until 1901.