3/3 The original logo, designed by Berlin artist Carl Ludwig Hartig, shows an okapi framed by forest vines—linking the Society’s scientific work with the animal’s Central African habitat. In 1938, members rejected a proposal to replace it with a “German” animal and kept it until today.

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2/3 In 1901, British explorer Harry Johnston scientifically described the okapi, after hearing reports of a mysterious forest animal from people in the Congo. When the Society chose the okapi for its emblem, the species was a striking symbol of the still little-known diversity of mammals.

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1/3 🎉 Happy belated World Okapi Day! The elusive okapi (𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪) is the giraffe’s only living relative. Endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it inhabits the Ituri Rainforest and surrounding forests and is rarely spotted in the wild. 🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍

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What time do tapirs clock in? Six sites, 240 cameras, 2018–2023: lowland tapirs in Colombia's Orinoquia are busiest in the pre-dawn hours, with a smaller evening bump. Alviz, Á., et al. (2026): Rhythms in the landscape: Bayesian circular models reveal spatial structure in tapir activity patterns

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🐾 New study on the nocturnal rhytm of tapirs in Mammalian Biology: Across six sites in Colombia's Orinoquia, camera traps show lowland tapirs follow a consistent rhythm, with a pre-dawn peak and a smaller evening one, across very different habitats. 🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍 👉️ doi.org/10.1007/s429...

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