The word 'okapi' is a noun, a word for a type of animal; a word for a thing.
A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.
Examples:
it is half girrafe half zebra
the tongue is used for liking on other okapi so that, they could be clean. Answer by Arran Gill
Because it is their name. the scientific species name of this animal is okapia johnstoni (or something like that), and most species use the science name in the normal name. okapi is from okapia
The Okapi is a herbivore.
An Okapi mother feeds its baby milk.
The plural of okapi may be either okapis or remain as okapi.
 [oh-kah-pee] = okapi
Same word - Okapi.
Okapi is not mixed. That look is natural.
The okapi is covered in hair.
A female okapi is called a 'cow'.
how many times can a okapi get pregnant