Species

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN Red List)
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The okapi is the giraffe’s only living relative: the two are the last members of their family. With its striped legs and dark coat, it is perfectly hidden in the dense rainforest of the northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the only country where it lives in the wild.

It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Forest loss and hunting have reduced its numbers, and because it is shy and hard to see, how many okapi remain is not precisely known.

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