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==Distribution and habitat== The okapi is [[endemic]] to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it occurs north and east of the [[Congo River]]. It ranges from the [[Maiko National Park]] northward to the [[Ituri rainforest]], then through the river basins of the Rubi, [[Lake Tele]], and [[Ebola River|Ebola]] to the west and the [[Ubangi River]] further north. Smaller populations exist west and south of the Congo River. It is also common in the [[Wamba, Luo Reserve|Wamba]] and Epulu areas. It is extinct in [[Uganda]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> The okapi inhabits [[canopy (biology)|canopy]] forests at elevations of {{convert|500|-|1500|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It occasionally uses seasonally inundated areas, but does not occur in [[gallery forest]]s, [[swamp forest]]s, and habitats disturbed by [[human settlement]]s. In the wet season, it visits rocky [[inselbergs]] that offer forage uncommon elsewhere. Results of research conducted in the late 1980s in a mixed ''[[Cynometra]]'' forest indicated that the okapi population density averaged 0.53 animals per square kilometre.<ref name=hart>{{cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=J. A. |last2=Hart |first2=T. B. |title=Ranging and feeding behaviour of okapi (''Okapia johnstoni'') in the Ituri Forest of Zaire: food limitation in a rain-forest herbivore |journal=Symposium of the Zoological Society of London |date=1989 |volume=61 |pages=31β50}}</ref> In 2008, it was recorded in [[Virunga National Park]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nixon, S. C. |author2=Lusenge, T. |year=2008 |title=Conservation status of okapi in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. ZSL Conservation Report No. 9 |publisher=The Zoological Society of London |location=London |url=https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/Nixon%20and%20Lusenge%202008%20-%20Conservation%20status%20of%20okapi%20in%20Virunga%20National%20Park%2C%20DRC.pdf |access-date=22 November 2018 |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825193426/https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/Nixon%20and%20Lusenge%202008%20-%20Conservation%20status%20of%20okapi%20in%20Virunga%20National%20Park%2C%20DRC.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> There is also evidence that okapis were also observed in the [[Semuliki National Park|Semuliki Valley]] in [[Uganda]] by Europeans, but later became extinct in the late 1970s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sever |first1=Zvi |title=Searching for the okapi (Okapia johnstoni) in Semuliki National Park, Uganda |journal=African Journal of Ecology |date=3 October 2020 |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=286β292 |doi=10.1111/aje.12796 |s2cid=224839859 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aje.12796 |access-date=26 March 2021|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Semuliki Valley provides a similar habitat to the [[Congo Basin]].
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