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Okapi
Okapia johnstoni
The okapi is the giraffe's only living relative, and once you look past the zebra-striped hindquarters the family resemblance is obvious: the same long dark prehensile tongue, the same skin-covered horns (ossicones) on males, the same sloping back. Endemic to the dense Ituri rai…
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- Despite their zebra-like stripes, okapis are the only living relative of the giraffe and are not closely related to zebras at all.
- The okapi is the giraffe's closest living relative, despite the zebra-like stripes. Its tongue is long enough to clean its own eyes and ears. Okapi calves can go weeks without defecating, leaving no scent trail for predators. Western science did not formally describe the animal until 1901.
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