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Until I visited Zoo Miami in Miami Florida, I had never seen a pygmy hippo out of the water. Both the mom and baby were wondering around their habitat. So cool!
Again, I just want to shout out to Zoo Miami for being a terrific zoo. I barely touched the surface with my five hour visit. I really need to get back there.
Have a wonderful Wednesday and happy snapping.
• コビトカバ, 小人河馬
• Pygmy hippopotamus
• Hipopotamo pigmeo
Scientific classification:
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Hippopotamidae
Subfamily:Hippopotaminae
Genus:Choeropsis
Species:C. liberiensis
Female specimen called Momiji (モミジ) from Ueno Zoological Gardens, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
#DoodlewashDecember2022 prompt: Toys.
Did you know although the pygmy hippo looks like a toy version of the common hippo, they are a separate species, more solitary, and spending more time on land than in water?
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The pygmy hippopotamus is a small hippopotamus which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. It has been extirpated from Nigeria. The pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal.
Zwergflusspferd Ayoka und ihr am 22. Dezember 2017 geborenes Kalb Jamina im Duisburger Zoo.
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Pygmy hippo Ayoka and her calf Jamina, born December 22, 2017, in the Duisburg Zoo.
An important addition to the population of the world’s smallest species of hippo was made at the San Diego Zoo on Wednesday morning (Nov. 11). The youngster, weighing just 12 pounds, 2 ounces (5.5 kilograms), was born to its mother, Francesca, in the early hours of the morning. Mom and calf are doing well—and they are taking some quiet time in a barn out of the public eye, until keepers think the youngster is ready to try the larger pool available for swimming in the main exhibit area.
This is the first surviving hippo birth at the San Diego Zoo in more than a decade. Pygmy hippos are an endangered species from the forests of West Africa. There were estimated to be about 2,000 left in the world a decade ago, when the last population survey was done. Since then, political unrest, habitat destruction and wildlife trafficking in their native habitats are likely to have reduced the wild population to critically low numbers.
Mabel's lil boy is just over 1 month old and already a roll model.
Pygmy hippos are related to their river counterparts, but are solitary and typically spend more time on dry ground.
Learn more about this milestone birth: sdzoo.com/PygmyHippo
Zwergflusspferd***Pygmy Hippopotamus
Zoo Berlin, Germany
Das Zwergflusspferd ist eine der zwei heute noch vorkommenden Arten aus der Familie der Flusspferde. Das nachtaktive und seltene Zwerg-Flusspferd ist in den Wäldern und Sümpfen des westlichen Afrika heimisch. Wikipedia
The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia and small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast. The pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal. It is one of only two extant species in the Hippopotamidae family, the other being its much larger cousin the common hippopotamus.Wikipedia
The Zoo has pygmy hippos along the Hippo Trail in the San Diego Zoo’s Lost Forest. They may share a piece of browse with the Wolf’s guenons, monkeys that share their habitat near the top of Hippo Trail in the Zoo’s Lost Forest, munching on one end while a guenon nibbles on the other. And our pygmy hippos don’t seem to mind when a guenon roommate hops on their back for a ride! It’s all great fun for the monkeys, pygmy hippos, and guests alike. At night, the guenons go into their own area, and the pygmy hippos get free rein of the habitat, since they are largely nocturnal and enjoy roaming and resting under the stars.
Mabel's lil boy is just over 1 month old and already a roll model.
Pygmy hippos are related to their river counterparts, but are solitary and typically spend more time on dry ground.
Learn more about this milestone birth: sdzoo.com/PygmyHippo
Pygmy hippos are listed as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and live in rivers and streams in the forests of West Africa. While their historic range was much larger, pygmy hippos are now found in only four countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos now remain in Africa, and the primary threats to this species’ population are logging, farming and human settlement in the areas where this species lives.
The pygmy hippo is related to the river hippopotamus, but is a different species. While they may look similar, they share few characteristics. A river hippo may weigh up to 10 times more than a pygmy hippo and can be more than twice as large—and pygmy hippos spend more time on land than in the water and are predominately nocturnal.
Read more: sdzoo.com/HippoAkobi
The Zoo has pygmy hippos along the Hippo Trail in the San Diego Zoo’s Lost Forest. They may share a piece of browse with the Wolf’s guenons, monkeys that share their habitat near the top of Hippo Trail in the Zoo’s Lost Forest, munching on one end while a guenon nibbles on the other. And our pygmy hippos don’t seem to mind when a guenon roommate hops on their back for a ride! It’s all great fun for the monkeys, pygmy hippos, and guests alike. At night, the guenons go into their own area, and the pygmy hippos get free rein of the habitat, since they are largely nocturnal and enjoy roaming and resting under the stars.
Pygmy hippos are listed as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and live in rivers and streams in the forests of West Africa. While their historic range was much larger, pygmy hippos are now found in only four countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos now remain in Africa, and the primary threats to this species’ population are logging, farming and human settlement in the areas where this species lives.
The pygmy hippo is related to the river hippopotamus, but is a different species. While they may look similar, they share few characteristics. A river hippo may weigh up to 10 times more than a pygmy hippo and can be more than twice as large—and pygmy hippos spend more time on land than in the water and are predominately nocturnal.
Read more: sdzoo.com/HippoAkobi
Pygmy hippos are listed as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and live in rivers and streams in the forests of West Africa. While their historic range was much larger, pygmy hippos are now found in only four countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos now remain in Africa, and the primary threats to this species’ population are logging, farming and human settlement in the areas where this species lives.
The pygmy hippo is related to the river hippopotamus, but is a different species. While they may look similar, they share few characteristics. A river hippo may weigh up to 10 times more than a pygmy hippo and can be more than twice as large—and pygmy hippos spend more time on land than in the water and are predominately nocturnal.
Read more: sdzoo.com/HippoAkobi
Monifa is a rare pygmy hippo born at Taronga Zoo in Sydney Australia. She had her first experience of the limelight at her media debut on Friday. This is her being given a bath by her keeper Renee.
Pygmy hippos are listed as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and live in rivers and streams in the forests of West Africa. While their historic range was much larger, pygmy hippos are now found in only four countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos now remain in Africa, and the primary threats to this species’ population are logging, farming and human settlement in the areas where this species lives.
The pygmy hippo is related to the river hippopotamus, but is a different species. While they may look similar, they share few characteristics. A river hippo may weigh up to 10 times more than a pygmy hippo and can be more than twice as large—and pygmy hippos spend more time on land than in the water and are predominately nocturnal.
Read more: sdzoo.com/HippoAkobi
This is Monifa is a rare pygmy hippo born at Taronga Zoo in Sydney Australia. This is her being given a bath by her keeper Renee. In this photos she is close to 2 months old. And she has grown heaps since the last time I got this close to take her photograph. Check out this photo to see the difference