🦛Pygmy hippopotamus
Kääpiövirtahepo (Hexaprotodon liberiensis, joskus Choeropsis liberiensis) on toinen virtahepojen heimon elossa olevista lajeista. Se on vaarantunut, koska sen asuttamia metsiä hakataan kaiken aikaa. Myös sen lihasta kiinnostuneet metsästäjät ovat sille uhka.
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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 ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.68 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass260 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan44 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length14 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation200 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.72 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l215 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyHippopotamidae
- ›genusHexaprotodon
- ›speciesHexaprotodon liberiensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyHippopotamidae
- genusHexaprotodon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderAncodonta
- familyHippopotamidae
- genusHexaprotodon
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