Okapia johnstoni

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Giraffoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Zatheria
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Grandordo: Ferungulata
Mirordo: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha
Subordo: Ruminantia
Infraordo: Pecora
Cladus: Giraffomorpha
Superfamilia: Giraffoidea

Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: Okapia
Species: Okapia johnstoni

Name

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Okapia johnstoni (P. L. Sclater, 1901)

Type locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, "in sylvis fluvio Semliki adjacentibus" (= Semliki Forest, Mundala)

Synonyms

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  • Equus? johnstoni P. L. Sclater, 1901
  • Okapia johnstoni: Lankaster, 1901
  • Helladotherium tigrinium Johnston, 1901
  • Okapia liebrechtsi Major, 1902
  • Okapia erikssoni Lankaster, 1902
  • Ocuapia kibalensis Gatii, 1936

References

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  • Sclater, P. L. 1901. On an apparently new species of zebra the Semliki forest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901 (1): 50.
  • Lankaster, R. E. 1901. On Okapia johnstoni. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901 (2): 281.
  • Johnston, H. 1901. The okapi.: 270 In The living animals of the world (C. J. Cornish, ed.). Hutchinson and Company, London, 1: 1–384.
  • Major, C. I. F. 1902. On a specimen of the okapi lately received at Brussels. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902: 73.
  • Lankaster, R. E. 1902. The specific name of the okapi represented by Sir Harry Johnston. Annals of Natural History, 7: 417.
  • Gatii, A. 1936. Great Mother Forest. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London: 295.
  • Bodmer, R. E., and G. B. Rabb, 1992. Okapia johnstoni. Mammalian Species, 422: 1–8.
  • Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page
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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Okapi
aragonés: Okapi
беларуская: Акапі
Deutsch: Okapi
Esperanto: Okapio
español: Okapi
magyar: Okapi
日本語: オカピ
polski: Okapi
português: Okapi
ไทย: โอคาปิ
Türkçe: Okapi
中文: 㺢㹢狓
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