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STORY: The male calf was born to first-time parents Ludimi and Epulu. According to the zoo, the baby okapi will remain with its mother for the following weeks, until it is ready to explore its new habitat.

Okapis have a gestation period of 14 months and it takes only 30 minutes for the baby to stand on its own four feet, after birth.

Though they look like zebras, this species endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, belongs to the Giraffidae family.