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Okapia Johnstoni
By: Shaylee Kuehl and Maddy Gray
General Information
* Okapia's have large, upright ears.
* White & black stripes on hindquarters and legs.
* Males have skin covered horns, females have none.
* Black eyes with long, thick eyelashes.
* Size:
~5 ft tall
* Length:
~6 to 7 ft
* Weight:
~male-440-600
~female-500-750
Sources
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/15188/0
http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mammals/okapi
http://www.czs.org/CZS/Brookfield/Exhibit-and-Animal-Guide/Habitat-Africa--The-Forest!/Okapi
http://www.a-zanimals.com/animals/okapi/
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/okapi/
http://okapiconservation.org/okapi/natural-history/
More General Information
* The Okapi is a warm blooded mammal.
* For defense the Okapi use their powerful legs for kicking and can run at about 40mph.
* The Okapi do not seek companionship but may feed together in small groups for short periods of time.
* They do not hibernate.
Baby Okapi at Bronx zoo
Habitat and Food Chain Interactions:
Endangered Statistics
*Habitat:
~ Okapi live in dense rainforests and thick jungles of Central Africa, Uganda, the Dominican Republic, and the Ituri forest of Congo.
*Food Chain Interactions:
~ The main predator of the Okapi is a leopard.
~ Okapi are herbivores, they eat a wide variety of plants including berries, and twigs.
* The Okapi have become endangered because of human settlement, deforestation, and poaching.
* There are about 10,000-20,000 Okapi left in the wild. There is no current estimate how soon the Okapi will go extinct.
* Humans hunt Okapi for their meat and skin.
* The Okapi's only protection is The Okapi Conservation Project is a non-profit organization founded in 1987 to protect the natural habitat of the Okapi.