pygmy hippo

Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Choeropsis liberiensis. Male 'Tapon' (19 yrs).

Choeropsis liberiensis. Male 'Tapon' (19 yrs).

Pygmy hippo walking in the mud at the pittsburgh zoo

Western pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis liberiensis). Picture taken 18-1-2025.

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This photo was such a fluke and I love it.

Smaller than their larger river cousins, the pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal, as the live in the forests and swamps of west Africa. Sadly, they’re endangered from habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat, and are very difficult to study in the wild. (Art made back in February 2024)

This exhibit houses 1.4 hippos.

Date is approximate.

I know that others on here have made threads on the largest elephants, but what about the other pachyderms??? I'm really interested in knowing more since it seems that a lot of species will grow larger in captivity than their wild counterparts if given the right nutrition. I've seen several pics...

I wasn't quick enough to remove a pygmy hippopotamus calf after maturing, leaving him to challenge his father for alpha status. I thought this shot was really cool because it showed the bridge going over the habitat in the background, as well as the waterfall and vegetation.

Another poll in a series for zoochatters to vote for one of two EDGE mammal species. This time it is a pair of much larger mammals. Both species are ungulates (one odd toed and the other even toed) are far lesser known and appreciated than their larger close relatives and are classed as...

Photo taken August 7, 2019

Hello everyone! I am currently a masters student studying Zoo Biology at Sparsholt university centre. For my dissertation research, I am studying the effect of enrichment on pygmy hippos but am also doing a questionnaire to collect data on the publics understanding of pygmy hippos. As many of...