Okapia johnstoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Giraffoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Cladus: Giraffomorpha Superfamilia: Giraffoidea

Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: Okapia
Species: Okapia johnstoni

Name

Okapia johnstoni (P. L. Sclater, 1901)

Type locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, "in sylvis fluvio Semliki adjacentibus" (= Semliki Forest, Mundala)

Synonyms

Equus? johnstoni P. L. Sclater, 1901
Okapia johnstoni: Lankaster, 1901
Helladotherium tigrinium Johnston, 1901
Okapia liebrechtsi Major, 1902
Okapia erikssoni Lankaster, 1902
Ocuapia kibalensis Gatii, 1936

References

Sclater, P. L. 1901. On an apparently new species of zebra the Semliki forest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901 (1): 50.
Lankaster, R. E. 1901. On Okapia johnstoni. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901 (2): 281.
Johnston, H. 1901. The okapi.: 270 In The living animals of the world (C. J. Cornish, ed.). Hutchinson and Company, London, 1: 1–384.
Major, C. I. F. 1902. On a specimen of the okapi lately received at Brussels. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902: 73.
Lankaster, R. E. 1902. The specific name of the okapi represented by Sir Harry Johnston. Annals of Natural History, 7: 417.
Gatii, A. 1936. Great Mother Forest. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London: 295.
Bodmer, R. E., and G. B. Rabb, 1992. Okapia johnstoni. Mammalian Species, 422: 1–8.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Links

Okapia johnstoni in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Okapia johnstoni (P. L. Sclater, 1901) (Near Threatened)
Okapia johnstoni (P. L. Sclater, 1901) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Okapi
aragonés: Okapi
беларуская: Акапі
Deutsch: Okapi
Esperanto: Okapio
español: Okapi
magyar: Okapi
日本語: オカピ
polski: Okapi
português: Okapi
ไทย: โอคาปิ
Türkçe: Okapi
中文: 㺢㹢狓

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