#Giraffidae

[inatungulates]

Namibian giraffe Giraffa giraffa angolensis

Observed by guyrufray, CC BY-NC

[snototter]

A southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) in Hluhluwe Imfolozi National Park, South Africa

by Nick Dean

[morgansram]

Taxidermy Okapi, 1901

[tyrannoninja]

Okapi Sketch

This is an okapi I sketched in my sketchbook using a photo reference. I think the legs came out too short, but I am proud of having captured its movement. Okapi may look horse- or zebra-like, but these Central African animals are actually rainforest-adapted cousins of the giraffe.

[weepingwidar]

Fay Ku (Taiwanese, 1974) - Cornering Okapi (2008)

[fawnrats]

[Image description: A stylized digital drawing of an okapi sticking out his tongue to reach a leafy branch. End of image description.]

[critter-captures]

Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) (male, female, young), family Giraffidae

Like the closely related giraffes, okapis have a long black tongue, used to pluck up food, and while grooming.

Also like giraffes, okapis have ossicones: horn-like structures on the head. Unlike giraffes, however, only male okapis have ossicones.

Safaripark Beekse Bergen, taken July 2024

[roygattero]

Shansitherium skeleton

vector illustration, done with mouse and keyboard

I'm taking commissions!

[geometryyaoi]

okapis are cute

[inatungulates]

Nubian giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis

With red-billed oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Observed by billyschofield, CC BY-NC

[snototter]

A giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Okavengo Delta, Botswana

by flowcomm

[morgansram]

Okapi licking okapi

[moistalabaster]

World Okapi Day!

(source)

[natturuval]

Líf, lén, ríki, fylking, flokkur, ættbálkur, ætt, tegund, undirtegund.

Hér skoðum við gíraffann og hvernig hann er skilgreindur í vísindalega líffræði flokkunarkerfinu.

Náðu þér í hrikalega skemmtilegt og fróðlegt spil á natturuval.is

[faunagender]

[ID: A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. The stripes from top to bottom are dark pale brown, pale brown, white, dark orange, white, pale brown, dark pale brown. In the center of the flag is an orange octagon with a white outline.]

New gender alert?!

Softgiraffic [soft-giraffe-ick] is a gender where you felt connected to the giraffes and being soft, could also be the softness of giraffes

[mutant-distraction]

Okapi

The okapi (/oʊˈkɑːpiː/; Okapia johnstoni), also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe and zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal that is endemic to the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. However, non-invasive genetic identification has suggested that a population has occurred south-west of the Congo River as well. It is the only species in the genus Okapia. 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). Its weight ranges from 200 to 350 kg (440 to 770 lb). It has a long neck, and large, flexible ears. Its coat is a chocolate to reddish brown, much in contrast with the white horizontal stripes and rings on the legs, and white ankles. Male okapis have short, distinct horn-like protuberances on their heads called ossicones, less than 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. Females possess hair whorls, and ossicones are absent.