Okapia johnstoni. Okapi
The Okapi is endemic to the forests of DR Congo, occurring between about 500 m and 1,500 m elevation over a fairly large range, on both sides of the Congo River. The primary strongholds of Okapi include are the Ituri / Aruwimi and adjacent Nepoko basin forests, and the forests of the upper Lindi, Maiko and Tshopo Basins; the species is also well known in the Rubi-Tele region in Bas Uele (Hart in press).
In Uganda, it formerly occurred in the Semliki Forest, but is not known to survive there (East 1999).
www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15188/0
Antwerp ZOO is the international studbook keeper of the
okapis and coordinates the breeding program
(EEP = European Endangered
Species Program) at European level.
Okapia johnstoni. Okapi
The Okapi is endemic to the forests of DR Congo, occurring between about 500 m and 1,500 m elevation over a fairly large range, on both sides of the Congo River. The primary strongholds of Okapi include are the Ituri / Aruwimi and adjacent Nepoko basin forests, and the forests of the upper Lindi, Maiko and Tshopo Basins; the species is also well known in the Rubi-Tele region in Bas Uele (Hart in press).
In Uganda, it formerly occurred in the Semliki Forest, but is not known to survive there (East 1999).
www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15188/0
Antwerp ZOO is the international studbook keeper of the
okapis and coordinates the breeding program
(EEP = European Endangered
Species Program) at European level.