Is the Okapi an endangered animal?
Okapis are Near Threatened not Endangered. You are right that there are only 10 – 20,000 Okapis left. Okapis are very rare and it was just discovered in 1901.The main threat to it is habitat destruction and poaching. On June 8, 2006, scientists reported that evidence of surviving okapis in Congo’s Virunga National Park had been discovered. This had been the first official okapi sighting in that park since 1959, after nearly half a century.In September 2008, the Wildlife Conservation Society reported that one of their camera traps snapped the first photo ever taken of an okapi in Virunga National Park. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi#Statu… Edit: Artic Fox is not endangered it is Least Concern The abundance of the Arctic Fox species tends to fluctuate in a cycle along with the population of lemmings. Because the fox reproduces very quickly and often dies young, population levels are not seriously impacted by trapp
