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Okapi described by science
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Checked 2026-10-19: Claude (AI build agent): Wikidata statement compared, passages containing the year extracted from the fetched pages and read. Quotes are short passages from each source, in their original language.
“giraffae Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Considering that okapis were only discovered in the Congo region in 1901, they have not been able to make too much of an effect on humans that are not”Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan: source, retrieved 2026-10-19
“en skovlevende slægtning til girafferne fra Den Demokratiske Republik Congo. Den blev først officielt beskrevet af videnskaben i 1901. Faktaboks Videnskabeligt navn Okapia johnstoni Også kendt som okapi (engelsk)”Lex (Den Store Danske) (in Danish): source, retrieved 2026-10-19“. Faktaboks Uttale ok a pi Etymologi fra mbuba-språket i Uganda Vitenskapelig navn Okapia johnstoni Beskrevet av (P.L.Sclater, 1901) Global rødlistestatus EN – Sterkt truet Beskrivelse En voksen okapi kan være opp”Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian): source, retrieved 2026-10-19
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