Gastrointestinal disease. [edit on Wikidata] Gastrointestinal diseases refer to diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, namely the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum, and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
The only place where one can find an okapi is in the forests of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their range is limited by high montane forests to the east, a swamp forest below 500 m to the west, savanna to the north and woodland to the south.
Deep amid the tropical swamps of the Ituri Forest live some of the few remaining wild populations of the mysterious okapi. This gentle herbivore is the giraffe's closest modern relative. It was only discovered by scientists less than a decade before the 1909 launch of the Congo Expedition. Even today, the life history and daily habits of the animal are little understood. But in the first decade of the century, the okapi occupied an almost unicorn-like place in the popular imagination.