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The okapi is sometimes referred to as a living fossil, as it has existed as a species over a long geological time period, and morphologically resembles more primitive forms (e.g. Samotherium). [16] [23] In 2016, a genetic study found that the common ancestor of giraffe and okapi lived about 11.5 million years ago. [24]
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. [3] At approximately 14,000 km 2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
The Okapi Conservation Project (OCP) was founded in 1987 for the protection of the okapis (Okapia johnstoni) and their habitat. Okapis are found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo [ 1 ] and are seen as the major flagship species of the Ituri Forest . [ 2 ]
Found in the Congolian rainforests, the okapi was unknown to science until 1901 The rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo contain great biodiversity , including many rare and endemic species, such as the common chimpanzee and the bonobo (or pygmy chimpanzee), the African forest elephant , mountain gorilla , okapi , forest buffalo ...
Three of the country's iconic endemic animals occur in the park: Grauer's gorilla, the okapi and Congo peafowl. Maiko is also an important site for the conservation of the African forest elephant , eastern chimpanzee and the endemic aquatic genet .
The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a recent common ancestor with deer and bovids.This family, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, presently comprises only two extant genera, the giraffe (between one and eight, usually four, species of Giraffa, depending on taxonomic interpretation) and the okapi (the only known species of Okapia).
Sankuru Nature Reserve (French: Réserve naturelle du Sankuru) is a protected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It was created in November 2007 to protect a forest area home to bonobo, okapi and African forest elephant.
An okapi is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest in central Africa. Okapi may also refer to: De Havilland Okapi, a British two-seat day bomber of the 1910s built by de Havilland; Okapi (knife), a lockback or slipjoint knife originally produced in 1902 for export to Germany's colonies in Africa