Okapi

Kingdom Animal	Class Mammal
Species Okapi	Status Near Threatened
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Although the okapi has markings like a zebra, it is most closely related to the giraffe.
Okapi live in the rainforests in Central Africa.
As of 2011 there were approximately 10,000�20,000 Okapi in the wild.
The tongue of the Okapi is long enough for the animal to wash its eyelids and clean its ears.
Okapi are not social animals. They prefer to live in large, secluded areas.
Male Okapis have short, skin-covered horns.
Okapi have long (13-14 inch) tongues that are bluish in color.
Okapi mark their territory using scent glands on each foot that produce a tar-like substance.
Okapi have an oily, velvety fur coat that repels water.
Okapi are herbivores that eat many plants that are poisonous to humans.
Wild Okapi are threatened by habitat destruction and poaching.
Okapi were first discovered in 1901 in the rainforest of Central Africa.