THE OKAPI 



mens of this new and rare animal have been 

 received in Europe since Sir Harry Johnston 

 discovered it ; it is probable that there are two 

 species, a smaller and a larger, living both in 

 the forests of the Congo in the centre of 



Fig. 115. — Photograph of the specimen of the Okapi {Okapia 

 erichsoni) obtained by Sir Harry Johnston near the 

 Semliki river in Central Africa. The specimen is a female, 

 not fully grown, and is of the size of a very large donkey. 



Africa. As they live in these immense dark 

 gloomy and damp forests they are very difficult 

 to shoot or to catch, and moreover they are not 

 abundant. The natives cut the striped skin 

 into girdles and bands for ornament. Two of 

 these were sent home by Sir Harry Johnston 



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