Pygmy hippopotamus  (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated (26/4/02) by Rebecca Lewison. Chair, IUCN Hippo Specialist Sub Group.
http://moray.ml.duke.edu/projects/hippos/

Glossary

  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.
  • Territory: area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.
  • Ungulate: hoofed, grazing mammal.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  3. CITES (May, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Lewison, R. (2002) Pers. comm.
  5. Smithsonian Museum (April, 2002)
    http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/asianelephants/factpygmyhippo.cfm
  6. African Mammals Database (April, 2002)
    http://www.gisbau.uniroma1.it/amd/amd142b.html
  7. Ultimate Ungulate (April, 2002)
    http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Hexaprotodon_liberiensis.html
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