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Hexaprotodon liberiensis (species)


Identification code: 300310421



Alternative term/s

  • Liberian pygmy hippopotamuses
  • pygmy hippopotamus
  • pygmy hippopotamuses
  • pygmy hippos

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Species of thick-skinned, herbivorous, even-toed hoofed mammals, significantly smaller than the common hippopotamus, native to the forests and swamps of western Africa; thought to be the only surviving species of their genus, as the Malagasy pigmy hippopotamus is presumed extinct.

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