Okapi  (Okapia johnstoni)

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Threats

The main threat to the okapi is loss of its habitat to agriculture and encroaching human settlements. Hunting is also a problem in some regions (1).

Conservation

The okapi is classified as Lower Risk - near threatened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Its populations are thought to be stable at the present time (1). However, with increased deforestation to provide agricultural areas to feed an increasing human population within the animal’s range, more studies of the wild okapi may be needed to accurately assess its conservation requirements (2).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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