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The Okapi

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In 2006, scientists reported that evidence of surviving okapis had been disovered in Virunga National park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was the first official sighting since 1959. Image: Shutterstock.

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A number of animals that have been considered extinct have reappeared in the records, including birds, reptiles, fish and mammals. A study conducted by the University of Queensland in 2010 found that of 187 mammals listed as extinct, 67 had been rediscovered.