📷 Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
📷 Wikimedia Commons
📷 Chuckupd
IUCN: Endangered
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassMammalia›OrderArtiodactyla›FamilyHippopotamidae›GenusChoeropsis
About
The pygmy hippopotamus is a smaller, more solitary forest relative of the common hippopotamus. It spends time in water and muddy wallows but forages mainly in dense forest at night. Logging, agriculture, and hunting have fragmented its remaining West African populations.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Lowland rainforest, swamp forest, and stream margins
🍃Diet Herbivore — leaves, ferns, fruit, roots, and aquatic plants
📏Size & Weight Body 1.5–1.75 m; shoulder height 75–100 cm
•weight 160–275 kg
⏳Lifespan 27–30 years
🗺Range Upper Guinea forests of West Africa
MammalHerbivore
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Lowland rainforest, swamp forest, and stream margins
🍃Diet Herbivore — leaves, ferns, fruit, roots, and aquatic plants
📏Size & Weight Body 1.5–1.75 m; shoulder height 75–100 cm
•weight 160–275 kg
⏳Lifespan 27–30 years
🗺Range Upper Guinea forests of West Africa
Photo Credits
#1Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
#2Wikimedia Commons · Free License
#3Chuckupd · Public domain
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