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Pygmy hippopotamus

Choeropsis liberiensis

Photo by lmdang
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Field Notes

Description:

Pygmy hippopotamus are semi-aquatic herbivorous nocturnal creatures.

Habitat:

Forrest or wet lowlands

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Comments (4)

As Gale said, this is an aquatic mammal rather than a marine mammal :) It's super cute, and I would love to see one of these in the wild one day, but it's not marine so I've taken it out of the mission for you! Great photos though!!
hummm... hippos are water loving mammals but not marine (ocean) mammals. Don't think they belong in the marine mammal mission.
Me, too! Pygmy hippos and the pygmy elephants. The pygmies are so elusive...good for their survival though :)
It's one of my dreams/future trips to go and find these in the wild.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2011

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