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Okapia (okapi)

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Okapia was named by Lankester (1901). It is extant.

It was assigned to Okapini by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); to Giraffidae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Okapiinae by Harris et al. (2010).

Species
O. johnstoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Okapia Lankester
2003Okapia Hassanin and Douzery p. 212
2008Okapia Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2010Okapia Harris et al. p. 801

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
tribeOkapini
genusOkapiaLankester 1901

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Okapia Lankester 1901 [okapi]
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Okapia johnstoni Sclater 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available