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Bookmark or Share- Pygmy Hippopotamus - Facts, Information & Habitat - Animal CornerPygmy hippos are relatively smaller and weigh between 350 – 550 pounds. They stand 2 and a half feet tall and measure 5 feet from head to tail. The pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal. The pygmy hippopotamus displays many terrestrial adaptations, however, like its larger cousin, it is semi-aquatic and relies on to water to keep its skin ...
- ADW: Hippopotamidae: INFORMATIONThe modern hippos are divided into two genera and two species. The genera are very different in size, so much so that the common name of one, Choeropsis liberiensis, is the pygmy hippo.Nevertheless, all hippos are large compared to most mammals, with the larger species weighing up to 3600 kg and the smaller around 250 kg.
- Pygmy Hippo: 16 Fun Facts About This Dwarf Species - Africa FreakPygmy hippos graze and browse. Like common hippos, they can munch through great swathes of grass, however, most of their food comes from the forest. They love semi-aquatic plants and forest herbs, as well as fallen fruit and young leaves.These cute creatures are more mobile than their larger cousins and create tunnel-like paths through their swampy feeding grounds.
- Pygmy hippo | Fauna & FloraPygmy hippos still top the scales at a hefty 250 kilos. That’s roughly the same as a fully grown pig. Nevertheless, they are dwarfed by their colossal cousins. Nose to tail, the pygmy hippo is half the length of its more common counterpart, but the real difference is in bulk; the common hippo weighs ten times as much as the pygmy hippo.
- Pygmy Hippos - Pygmy Hippo FoundationThe pygmy hippo is only half as tall as the hippopotamus and weighs less than 1/4 of a full sized hippopotamus. Adult pygmy hippos reach 70-80 cm in height and are believed to have diverged from the common hippo over 10 million years ago. Pygmy hippos are nocturnal and reclusive by nature so, coupled with the vastly declined numbers over the ...
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