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  2. Okapi - Wikipedia

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    Although the okapi has striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and has a typical body length around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in).

  3. Giraffidae - Wikipedia

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    The okapi's neck is long compared to most ruminants, but not nearly so long as the giraffe's. Male giraffes are the tallest of all mammals: their horns reach 5.5 m (18 ft) above the ground and their shoulder 3.3 m (11 ft), whereas the okapi has a shoulder height of 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in). [9]

  4. Fact check: Viral TikTok claims Cincinnati Zoo created ... - AOL

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    Like the giraffe, the okapi uses its long, prehensile tongue to pluck leaves and buds from trees," the Cincinnati Zoo's website states. Okapis walk like giraffes, swinging forward both legs on the ...

  5. Giraffomorpha - Wikipedia

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    Giraffomorpha is a clade of pecoran ruminants containing the superfamilies Palaeomerycoidea (Palaeomerycidae) and Giraffoidea (Giraffidae, Prolibytheriidae and Climacoceratidae), of which the giraffe and okapi of the Giraffidae are the only extant members of the once-diverse clade as a result of a decline in diversity after the Miocene as a result of declines in temperatures.

  6. Giraffoidea - Wikipedia

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    Giraffoidea is a superfamily that includes the families Climacoceratidae, Prolibytheriidae, and Giraffidae.The only extant members in the superfamily are the giraffes and okapi.

  7. Ossicone - Wikipedia

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    In okapi, the male's ossicones are smaller in proportion to the head, and taper towards their tips, forming a sharper point than the comparatively blunt giraffe ossicone. Whereas female giraffes have reduced ossicones, female okapi lack ossicones entirely. The morphology of ossicones in the extinct relatives of giraffes and okapi varies widely.

  8. Rare and endangered okapi born at Cincinnati Zoo - AOL

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    A member of a rare and endangered species related to the giraffe was recently born at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, ... The young okapi marks the 18th born at the Cincinnati Zoo since ...

  9. ‘Zebra giraffe’ is born at California zoo. See the playful ...

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    The calf is from a species called okapi, the only living relative of the giraffe, the zoo said in a news release. Okapis are from the rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.