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Strips cut from the striped part of the skin of an okapi, sent home by Sir Harry Johnston, were the first evidence of the okapi's existence to reach Europe.. Although the okapi was unknown to the Western world until the 20th century, it may have been depicted since the early fifth century BCE on the façade of the Apadana at Persepolis, a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid ...
This is a list of the larger offshore islands of Europe. In the Atlantic Ocean. Major islands and the island groups of the British Isles (Anglo-Celtic Isles) Great ...
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. [3] At approximately 14,000 km 2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
The Okapi Conservation Project is partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Network. [3] OCP's founder John Lukas is also a founding member of the Wildlife Conservation Network. [ 4 ] In 1992 the project helped create the Okapi Wildlife Reserve , encompassing 13,700 square kilometers of the Ituri Forest , which was designated as a United Nations ...
A tooth and six bone fragments are the earliest modern human remains yet found in Europe. [35] Europe: Italy: 45–44: Grotta del Cavallo, Apulia: Two baby teeth discovered in Apulia in 1964. [36] Europe: Great Britain, United Kingdom: 44–41: Kents Cavern: Human jaw fragment found in Torquay, Devon in 1927 [37] Europe: Germany: 43–42 ...
Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England.Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. [3] The zoo is one of the UK's largest zoos at 51 hectares (130 acres) [4] and the zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares (400 acres).
Corneille E.N. Ewango is a Congolese environmentalist, and was responsible for the Okapi Faunal Reserve's botany program in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1996 to 2003. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 [ 1 ] for his efforts to protect the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Ituri Rainforest during the Congo Civil War .
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains), whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus, Canary Islands and Azores are listed here.