It was, however, significantly larger than the modern pygmy hippopotamus.

Sexual maturity for the pygmy hippopotamus occurs between three and five years of age.

The greatest threat to the remaining pygmy hippopotamus population in the wild is loss of habitat.

Several folktales have been collected about the pygmy hippopotamus.

The ancestral form of the pygmy hippopotamus may be the genus Saotherium.

A review of their morphology and habitat, however, suggested a closer relationship to the modern pygmy hippopotamus.

These people may have brought about the extinction of the Pleistocene-era pygmy hippopotamus and dwarf elephant.

A rare nocturnal forest creature, the pygmy hippopotamus is a difficult animal to study in the wild.

The Nigerian pygmy hippopotamus was never studied in the wild and never captured.

The evolution of the pygmy hippopotamus is most often studied in the context of its larger cousin.

The animals were very similar to the extant hippopotamus and pygmy hippopotamus.

Anderson built a zoo stocked with 1800-2200 animals including a pygmy hippopotamus and a rhinoceros.

When Billy first came to the zoo, however, keepers did not know much about pygmy hippopotamus husbandry.

Zoo Basel oversees the international studbook for the pygmy hippopotamus.

These species, though comparable in size to the pygmy hippopotamus, are considered dwarf hippopotamuses, rather than pygmies.

The effects of West Africa's civil strife on the pygmy hippopotamus are unknown, but unlikely to be positive.

The pygmy hippopotamus is capable of being killed by leopards, pythons and crocodiles.

The new lion exhibit was built and the pygmy hippopotamus and elephant houses were finished.

The discovery, scientists said, raises the possibility that human hunting, not climate change, brought about the extinction of the pygmy hippopotamus on the Mediterranean island.

The 200-kilogram (440-lbs) Cyprus dwarf hippo was roughly the same size as the extant pygmy hippopotamus.

Nomenclature of the pygmy hippopotamus reflects that of the hippopotamus.

The other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus.

A distinct subspecies of pygmy hippopotamus lived in Nigeria until at least the 20th century, though the validity of this has been questioned.

Indigenous species include the Pygmy Hippopotamus.

In 1977, the pygmy hippopotamus was reclassified as a member of Hexaprotodon along with fossil species from Asia.

Büttikofer collected the first complete specimens of the pygmy hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis known to science.

There were once many species of hippopotamid, but only two survive today: Hippopotamus amphibius, and Choeropsis liberiensis.

Pygmy hippos may be classified as either Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis.

The Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is known to inhabit lands along stretches of the river.

Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

It belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which also includes the Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) and a number of extinct genera.

Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis or Choeropsis liberiensis)

Proof of the existence of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) was demonstrated by German animal merchant Carl Hagenbeck in Liberia.

The existence of the subspecies, makes Choeropsis liberiensis liberiensis (or Hexaprotodon liberiensis liberiensis under the old classification) the full trinomial nomenclature for the Liberian pygmy hippopotamus.

The semiaquatic hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is the heaviest living even-toed ungulate; it and the critically endangered pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) are believed to be the closest extant relatives of cetaceans.

The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis) is a large mammal native to the forests and swamps of western Africa (the specific name liberiensis means "of Liberia", as this is where the vast majority live).

There are two living species of hippopotamus among two genera; the pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis of the forests of west Africa, and the common Hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, which kills more humans yearly than any other mammal.

The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia and small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast.