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Zoologists have captured the first photos of the okapi in the wild, ... The male has two horns on its forehead, but they can look like one horn if glimpsed from the side.
MR. R. LYDEKKER, F.R.S., lately directed attention in the columns of NATURE to a specimen of the okapi sent home by Dr. Christy from the Congo State, which was stated to be provided with corneous ...
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IN my letter published in NATURE of May 27(vol. xcv., p. 342) dealing mainly with the “Supposed Horn-Sheaths of an Okapi,” I stated that “it is only when extremely young that the backward ...
Both have cloven hooves and short, skin-covered horns. Okapi are listed by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the world’s leading conservation organization, as an ...
Okapi couple at zoo in Frankfurt am Main. ... Cow Market in Bubikon, Switzerland. A cow's headgear are true horns, made of keratin (same proteins as skin and nails) and covered with skin.
The okapi isn't the only new baby at the Bronx Zoo. A giraffe that was born on Sept. 14 made its public debut back in Oct. It was the first giraffe calf to be born at the zoo since 2009. For more ...
The okapi is classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. There are an estimated 10,000 to 50,000 okapis left in the wild.
The okapi is endangered, and just 14 of the animals live in U.K. zoos right now, so the new calf's arrival at the Chester Zoo was an especially momentous occasion.
The young okapi marks the 18th born at the Cincinnati Zoo since 1989. There are approximately 15,000 okapis globally, the zoo estimates. Habitat destruction and poaching have harmed the species ...