Okapi, Virunga National Park, Congo

Congo-1, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

The Okapi is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in central Africa. Although the Okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of the zebra, it is most closely related to the giraffe.