๐ฆPygmy hippopotamus
The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. It has been extirpated from Nigeria and possibly Guinea-Bissau.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 215 kg
- Body length
- 1.68 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 44 years
Everything we know about the Pygmy hippopotamus
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass215 kgCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Body length1.68 mCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Brain mass260 gCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Maximum lifespan44 yearsCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Generation length14 yearsCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Age at maturity4.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Gestation200 daysCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Home range0.72 kmยฒCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Volume l215 LaverageDetails โHide โ
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Pygmy hippopotamus yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- โบphylumChordata
- โบclassMammalia
- โบorderArtiodactyla
- โบfamilyHippopotamidae
- โบgenusHexaprotodon
- โบspeciesHexaprotodon liberiensis
- classMammals ยท Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals ยท Artiodactyla
- familyHippopotamidae
- genusHexaprotodon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals ยท Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals ยท Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderAncodonta
- familyHippopotamidae
- genusHexaprotodon
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