https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b199974&view=1up&seq=516 page 498, column 1 [I]n leading them [African Pygmies] back to the forests where they dwelt, I obtained much information from them on the subject of the horse-like animal which they called the "Okapi." […] https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b199974&view=1up&seq=517 page 499, column 1 The coloration of the Okapi is quite extraordinary. […] The hind quarters, hind and fore legs are either snowy white or pale cream color, touched here and there with orange. They are boldly marked, however, with purple-black stripes and splodges, which give that zebra-like appearance to the limbs of the Okapi that caused the first imperfect account of it to indicate the discovery of a new striped horse.