Respiration

 

Okapis respire the same way humans and a majority of mammals do.  Oxygen is taken into the lungs, which then diffuses into the blood.  The carbon dioxide passes through the nose or mouth, just as a human would.

 

 

 

 

Although the diaram to the right

depicts a giraffe's respiratory 

system, it is, if not identical, 

extremely similar to an okapi's.