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Okapis are found only in the tropical forests of northeastern Zaire. They prefer altitudes between 500 and 1,000 m, although they may venture above 1,000 m in the eastern montane rainforests. One sighting occurred at 1,450 m on Mt. Hoyo, in the upper Ituri.
Okapia. Perhaps the most extraordinary fact about the okapi is that it was not known to science until 1901. Its taxonomic name, Okapia johnstoni, honours both its native Central African name, and that of the man who first âdiscoveredâ it, Sir Harry Johnston, the British explorer, naturalist and colonial administrator.