How to Use okapi in a Sentence

okapi

noun

• In fact, their endangered status is part of the reason why (okapi) Meghan got her name.
  — Evelyn Wang, Teen Vogue, 18 Jan. 2018
• Male okapi, though, were less closely related to each other than females.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2015
• The calf is from a species called okapi, the only living relative of the giraffe, the zoo said in a news release.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
• On the other hand, the giraffe has lost at least 53 olfactory genes compared with the okapi.
  — Sofia Moutinho, Science | AAAS, 17 Mar. 2021
• The habitat will include a pair of okapi, a striped mammal that looks like a zebra and is the only living relative of the giraffe.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2023
• The calf, offspring of first-time mom Olivia, is the first okapi born at Disney World since 2018.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2022
• Discokeryx likely resembled an okapi, a forest-dwelling cousin of modern giraffes.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2022
• Meghan the baby okapi was born at a London zoo in December after a 30-minute labor.
  — Felice León, The Root, 18 Jan. 2018
• Behavior and reproduction Active during the day, the elusive okapi prefers to be alone.
  — National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
• Some of those ancestors wandered toward the rain forest and present-day Congo and eventually gave rise to the okapi.
  — Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
• Scientists first became aware of the okapi, which has a long tongue and legs proportioned like those of a giraffe, at the turn of the 20th century.
  — National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• The okapi and the giraffe diverged from a common ancestor only 11-to-12 million years ago.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2016
• The calf and his mother are now spending time together on habitat, though sightings are not guaranteed, as okapi are generally shy animals.
  — Daniel Hunt january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• Along with supporting conservation breeding programs by raising okapi, the Chester Zoo also supports wild okapi.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• Its silhouette is also quite different, with the nine-foot tall creature resembling a moose with a long neck or an okapi, the other member of the giraffid family that’s alive today.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Nov. 2017
• The okapi’s scientific name, okapia johnstoni, is named after Johnston, though indigenous people had already known of the okapi’s existence long before.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• The study also indicates that our remaining giraffids, the giraffe and the okapi, are actually pretty far apart in evolutionary terms reports Weintraub.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Nov. 2017
• The new animal, named Ede by zookeepers, was born on September 21 after its mother, Oni the okapi, went into labor the previous evening, according to a news release.
  — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• The zoo became the first in Northern California to house okapi since the 1970s, marking a significant expansion of its conservation role.
  — Daniel Hunt january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The Sacramento Zoo is inviting its supporters to help name its newest and rarest arrival — a male okapi calf born in October who became the first okapi ever born at the Land Park facility.
  — Daniel Hunt january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• To figure out just how giraffe necks stretched, researchers from the Giraffe Genome Project compared the giraffe genome to that of the okapi, their nearest relative and the only other surviving member of the family Giraffidae.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2016
• The Sacramento Zoo participates in the Species Survival Plan for okapi, which focuses on maintaining a healthy population in human care while supporting conservation efforts in the wild.
  — Daniel Hunt january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The Sacramento Zoo is the third institution to house okapi in California, with animals also living at the Los Angeles Zoo and the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park.
  — Daniel Hunt january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026