From Richard Reynolds #4

The okapi was first made known to science in 1901. For years there had been rumors of a large quadruped in the rain forests of northeastern Congo. The discovery was made by Sir Harry Johnston, a British colonial officer from nearby Uganda. He made this drawing in 1901. This was at a time when it was widely believed that all significant mammals in the world had become known to science. After all Barnum had already written tomes on the subject and was long dead when the okapi was discovered. When a new mammal approaching the size of a horse was discovered, it shocked the scientific world. Johnston found out that the animal was well known to the pygmies and even to the few white people who were living there. It was just that no one had called headquarters as it were.