Are Okapis a unique animal?

i did a little reading on this guy so here goes they are a intriuqueing animals lower risk or near threatened status because of their secretive life in the dense forest population assessed to be about 10,000 to 20,000 okapis remaining in the wild looks like a zebra and is related to the giraffe has a tongue about 14-18 inch gray blue tonque grooms their eyes nosturils and ears about 6 feet tall weights 400-700 and yes very interesting animal