The Okapi!

Lives in Africa

Okapi closest RelativeThe male possesses small horns on his forehead, similar to those of the giraffe.

Habitat• Active by day, the

okapi prefers the pathways of those areas of forest where the growth is thick and lush, but not where the forest canopy is dense.

Food & Feeding

• The okapi is a browser, or grazer, and its favorite food is young shoots of forest plants. It also eats leaves, seeds, fruit, and some grasses and ferns.

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By: Sol Barrientos