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What is a giraffes only relative?

The giraffe's closest relative is the okapi.


Is the okapi valuable?

The Okapi is a close relative of the Giraffe and was found in Central Africa, now Zaire, in 1901.


What is the closest living relative to okapi?

The Okapi is the closest living relative to the giraffe however other species may be included in the formation but they are yet to be discovered.


Does an okapi grazz on grass?

No. Just like its relative, the giraffe the Okapi tends to eat the leaves of a tree using its tongue.


Do giraffes live in rainforests?

No. they are animals of the Savannah.


Do okapis have reliatives?

I believe an Okapi is a relative of a giraffe (despite it's zebra-esques markings).


Do giraffes have relatives?

Giraffe, the tallest living animal. It is a ruminant (cud-chewing mammal). It lives in dry savannas of Africa, south of the Sahara. A related animal, the okapi, inhabits the forests of the upper basin of the Congo River. The giraffe is a descendent from Paleotraginae and Sivatheriinae. Paleotraginae looks like a deer with outward pointing sharp antlers. Sivatheriinae looks like a bulky horse with weird chubby antlers.And okapi looks like half zebra half horse with small antlers.


What is Cousin to the giraffe?

Okapi


What is a kin of the giraffe?

Okapi


Is an okapi a mammal?

Yes. The okapi is a horse-like relative of the giraffe that has zebra stripes on its legs. Even-toed ungulates are part of the same order of mammals, including the giraffe, horse, zebra, deer, antelope, hippo, pig, cow, sheep, and rhino.


What are the similarities between a giraffe and an okapi?

The Giraffe and the Okapi have the same body shape and they both have long tongues to reach there food


Are okapis real?

Yes, the okapi, a relative of the giraffe, is real and is native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa.