the only living relative of the giraffe. The okapi, also sometimes known as a "forest giraffe" or "zebra giraffe," was born recently to first-time mother Mahameli aka Meli, and first-time father ...

The Reserve contains 101 mammal species and 376 species of documented birds. The population of the endemic species of Okapi (Okapia johnstoni), a forest giraffe, is estimated at 5,000 individuals.

the okapi, a forest giraffe, of which it holds some 15% of the world’s remaining 30,000. It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink ...

Okapis also have the giraffe’s long tongue that ... when a portion equivalent to one-fifth of the okapi habitat within Africa’s Ituri Forest was designated as a wildlife reserve.

The zoo celebrated the birth of a “forest giraffe” okapi calf, born to five-year-old Niari in October as well as the baby cotton-top tamarin named Fester last year. The herd of Przewalski’s ...

A colony of Humboldt penguins, a rare okapi calf and a critically-endangered, cotton-top tamarin baby are among the new arrivals totted up in the annual stocktake at a Hampshire zoo. Marwell Zoo ...