A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnstoni) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Congo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color.

timid animals related to the giraffes who only live in the Congo river basin in Africa.

similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

an African mammal that is related to the giraffe, but has a shorter neck and different markings

a rare mammal from the Congo river basin in Africa, related to the giraffe

a relative of the giraffe that lives in the Ituri Forest of the Congo in Africa

The Okapi is a nocturnal, giraffe-like mammal from African rainforests.

The okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is a mammal of the Ituri Rainforest in central Africa. Although it bears striped markings reminiscent of the zebra, it is most closely related to the giraffe. Native just to the Ituri forests situated in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it was known only to the local people until 1901.