The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily...
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Several species of Malagasy hippopotamus (also known as Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus or Madagascan pygmy hippopotamus) lived on the island of Madagascar...
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Billy, also known as William Johnson Hippopotamus (before 1927 – October 11, 1955), was a pygmy hippopotamus given to United States President Calvin Coolidge...
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The Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus (Hippopotamus minor or Phanourios minor) is an extinct species of dwarf hippopotamus that inhabited the island of Cyprus...
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extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Its name comes...
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Haggis (born 30 October 2024) is a pygmy hippopotamus currently living at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. She achieved online popularity soon after...
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Moo Deng (category Individual hippopotamuses)
หมูเด้ง, RTGS: mu deng, pronounced [mǔː dêŋ] ; born 10 July 2024) is a pygmy hippopotamus living in Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Si Racha, Chonburi, Thailand. She...
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includes the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) and a number of extinct genera. The species of the genus Hippopotamus include: Hippopotamus amphibius...
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List of individual hippopotamids (redirect from List of individual hippopotamuses)
species: the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus. The Allenton Hippo The Armley Hippo Fiona, the first common hippopotamus to be imaged on ultrasound...
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lemerlei from these bones. Like the modern pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis), the Malagasy pygmy hippo had eyes on the side of its head rather...
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Hippopotamidae (redirect from Evolution of hippopotamus)
genera; the pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis of the forests of west Africa, and the common hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius. The term hippopotamus can also...
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Hippo (disambiguation) (redirect from Hippopotamus (mammal))
hippo or hippopotamus is either of two species of large African mammal which live mainly in and near water: Hippopotamus Pygmy hippopotamus Hippo or Hippos...
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Hippopotamus antiquus is an extinct species of the genus Hippopotamus that ranged across Europe during the Early and Middle Pleistocene. It was considerably...
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Taronga Zoo (section Pygmy Hippopotamus Calf Death)
helping plant over 30000 trees in Capertee valley. The zoo's female pygmy hippopotamus Kambiri gave birth to a female calf named Amara on 22 November 2021...
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Essential Hippopotamus Facts". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2020-11-18. Jirik, Kate. "LibGuides: Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) & Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choerpsis...
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(Pontoporia blainvillei) Family Hippopotamidae: hippopotamuses Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) Order Carnivora...
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Sapo National Park (section Pygmy hippopotamuses)
locally abundant. Sapo National Park contains populations of the pygmy hippopotamus, an endangered species which has legal protection in Liberia under...
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Hexaprotodon (redirect from Myanmar hippopotamus)
teeth" as some of the fossil forms have three pairs of incisors. The pygmy hippopotamus was historically placed in the genus, but today is generally placed...
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2007 – Mason Thames, American actor 2024 – Moo Deng, Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus 138 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (born 76) 645 – Soga no Iruka, Japanese...
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emperor), and for his discovery of the Nigerian subspecies of the pygmy hippopotamus, named Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi after him. Born in India in...
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coincides with the extinction of the 75 cm (2.46 ft) high Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus and 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) tall Cyprus dwarf elephant, the only large...
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more than 300 species. One of the zoo's notable animals is a baby pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng. The Khao Kheow Open Zoo was established in 1974 with...
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clear relative to the common hippopotamus, H. lemerlei was much smaller, roughly the size of the modern pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). The...
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porpoises) fall within this taxonomic branch, being most closely related to hippopotamuses. Some modern taxonomists thus apply the name Cetartiodactyla (/sɪˌtɑːrtioʊˈdæktɪlə/)...
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Zoo Basel (section Pygmy hippopotamus)
success with animals including cheetahs (18 births), okapi (22), pygmy hippopotamuses (53), and flamingos (over 400 hatches). Every Somali wild ass (a...
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The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is a very small and endangered species of pig and the only species in the genus Porcula. Endemic to India, the pygmy hog...
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The hippopotamus lived for nearly 50 years. In 2017, Peevey, then 73 years old, was again present when the Oklahoma City Zoo acquired a rare pygmy hippopotamus...
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of pygmy hippopotamuses. Locals believed them to be the bones of the saint and would powder them into a healing drink. The Cypriot dwarf hippopotamus, Hippopotamus...
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spiny-tailed skink Emperor tamarin Northern white-cheeked gibbon Pygmy hippopotamus Ring-tailed lemur Southern Pilbara rock goanna Western lowland gorilla...
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the Taï National Park are on the Red List of Threatened Species: pygmy hippopotamus, olive colobus monkeys, leopards, chimpanzees, and Jentink's duiker...
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