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    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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  • 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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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