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Pygmy hippopotamus

Choeropsis liberiensis

Photo by Christian9
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, black, stubby feet

Habitat:

Now in zoo, natural habitat Africa

Notes:

Smaller than normal hippos

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
galewhale..Gale
Sorry this is not a marine mammal (Hippos are fresh water residents) could you delete this from the mission? Thanks
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011

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