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Okapi vs Pangolin - What's the difference?

okapi | pangolin |

As nouns the difference between okapi and pangolin

is that okapi is okapi (mammal in tropical africa) while pangolin is the scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order pholidota of tropical africa and asia, the sole extant genus of which is manis .

okapi

English

(wikipedia okapi)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni , found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.
  • * 1904 , , "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald :
  • I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens.

    pangolin

    English

    (wikipedia pangolin) (Pholidota)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis .
  • Synonyms

    * trenggiling * scaly anteater

    Derived terms

    * Chinese pangolin * giant pangolin * ground pangolin * Indian pangolin * long-tailed pangolin * Philippine pangolin * Sunda pangolin * tree pangolin