Elusive giraffe-relative - the okapi - now listed as Endangered

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceNov 25, 2013, 7:00 pm118 pts
The discovery of the okapi shocked the world in 1901. African explorer, Henry Stanley, called it 'donkey-like,' while others thought it a new species of zebra, given the stripes. However, this notoriously-secretive rainforest ungulate proved to be the world's only living relative of the giraffe, making it one…

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