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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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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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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extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Its name comes...
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Billy, or William Johnson Hippopotamus (before 1927 – October 11, 1955), was a pygmy hippopotamus given to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. Captured in...
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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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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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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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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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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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