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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.
The proper taxonomic term for that family is called giraffidae. The okapi is the only other extant animal in the giraffidae family.The okapi belongs to the okapia genus â¦ , which consequently is the only other extant genus of giraffidae.here are many different groups a giraffe can be said to belong to. It does not have a specific taxonomic group, but it can be grouped with mammals, with vertebrates, with h â¦ erbivores, with ungulates, with African animals, with land animals, etc.    . 4 people found this useful.