The okapi was discovered in 1901 by British explorer Sir Harry Johnston. It is often mistaken for a crowded species of zebras because of its appearance, but it is an original species belonging to the family Giraffids. It lives in the rainforest and uses its long tongue to pull the leaves together to eat. Females are slightly larger than males, and males have two short horns covered with skin.
Yokohama Zoo ZOORASIA, nicknamed "ZOORASIA", is a compound word of zoo (ZOO) and Eurasia (EURASIA), which is an image of vast nature, and was selected by public recruitment in the fall of 1996. It was. By exhibiting habitats and zoning by climatic zones and regions around the world, you can enjoy learning about plants and the natural environment as a zoo where you can travel around the world.
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