Rare Okapi Animal - I bet you would not see this animal
Animal Name: Okapi
IUCN Status: Endangered
Okapis are a large, hoofed animal related to the giraffe. They have a red-brown, velvety coat and distinctive black and white stripes on their back legs. Like giraffes, okapis have long, dark tongues. Male okapi’s also have ossicones on top of their heads (horn-like structures that are covered in skin and fur)
General Information
Where do they live? (Natural habitat)
Okapis reside in the dense forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.
How long do they live?
Okapis live 20 - 30 years.
What do they eat?
Okapis are herbivores (plant eaters) that eat a diet of leaves, shoots, fruit and fungi. They also eat clay and charcoal (from burnt trees) to help neutralise toxins in plants and to gain minerals.
