Author: Shauna Solsaa

Fun Facts
The Strips make great camouflage
Okapi’s fur is oily and prevents them from getting wet
Only the males have horns.
The okapi’s closest relative is a giraffe

Fun Facts
Highly developed hearing
Weren't found until 1900
Leave a Sticky tar-like substance to tell others that they ate there. (left from hooves )
Calves triple size by the end of the second month.
Don’t reach full adulthood until age three
Use low frequency calls to locate calves and other okapi
Great sense of smell
Can walk 30 min. after birth

Okapi

Endangered Statistics
Their predators include: leopards,
serval cats, and humans.
Humans, overhunted the okapi
And also caused the okapi to lose their
Habitat. These are the reasons okapis
are endangered.
The okapi would get trapped in snares that were meant for other animals.
The population is estimated at 22,000.
They are only found in the Ituri Forest.
Have been protected by law in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

General Info.
Okapi tend to live by themselves.
They are herbivores, and eat mainly
Leaves, shoots, twigs, and fruits.
(40 to 65 pounds)
Travel up to .5 miles in search of food.
Have prehensile tongue to help eat leaves off of trees.
serval cats, and humans.

General Info.
Genus: Okapia
Scientific Name: Okapia johnstoni
Colour: Red, Brown, Black, white
Skin Type: Fur
Top Speed 37 mph
Life Span: 20 -- 30
Location: Central Africa
Habitat: Dense Mountain rainforest
They have a calf and then leave
It in a specific area, and then come
back to nurse the calf regularly.