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pygmy hippopotamus

Chaeropis liberiensis

Photo by Maxim A
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium sized herbivores mammal. It's head is much more smaller compared to it's body. This makes it easier for the animal to run through the forest at speed.

Habitat:

Lives in the humid forests and swamps of West Africa.

Notes:

The Pygmy hippopotamus is endagered due to hunting and habitat loss.

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