Scientists didn’t know about the okapi until 1900.
We still don’t know much about the okapi because it lives in the thick forests of central Africa.
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Okapis forage along fixed, well-trodden paths through the forest.
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The limbs were more similar to those of modern large bovids (e.g. buffaloes) than to those of okapis.
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A 2013 study determined there are 10,000 okapis remaining in the wild, down from 40,000 a decade ago.
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It then progresses to forest (okapi, duikers, and wattled cranes).
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The okapi's neck is long compared to most ruminants, but not nearly so long as the giraffe's.
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The only extant species in the superfamily are the pronghorn, giraffe, andokapi.
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This has led to problems with theokapipopulation due to the shrinking size of their habitats.
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The 1.80 m (6 ft) long creature would have superficially resembled anokapior a deer.
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The reserve is home to about 5,000okapi, 4,000 elephants, 2,000 leopards, chimpanzees and crocodiles.
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The body shape is similar to that of the giraffe, except okapis have much shorter necks.
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Some okapis have 46 chromosomes while others have 45.
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This had been the first officialokapisighting in that park since 1959, after nearly half a century.
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Many of the plant species on which okapis feed are poisonous to humans.
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Across bridge is an exhibit for saddle-billed stork, as well as one for black crowned crane andokapi.
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This behavior has also been reported in theokapi.
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