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Okapi closeup, Antwerpen Zoo
Meet the Okapi, the Giraffe's only living 'cousin'. This closeup does not show one if it's remarkable qualities: the striped zebra pattern that makes it looks like a crossover between a giraffe and a zebra. The species is threatened and recovery is troublesome as females carry one calf at most, 425 tot 491 days, until birth.
The Antwerpen Zoo was the first zoo to have an Okapi in its management in 1919 and has taken up the task of managing the species family tree worldwide.
The okapi /oʊˈkɑːpiː/ , also known as the forest giraffe or zebra giraffe, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe.
The animal was brought to prominent European attention by speculation on its existence found in popular press reports covering Henry Morton Stanley's journeys.. more
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