pygmy hippopotamus

English

Noun

pygmy hippopotamus (plural pygmy hippopotamuses or pygmy hippopotami or pygmy hippopotamus)

A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa (Hexaprotodon liberiensis, syn. Choeropsis liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.

Synonyms

(mammal): pygmy hippo

Translations

Hexaprotodon liberiensis

Assamese: সৰু জলহস্তী (xoru zolohosti)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 倭河馬, 倭河马 (wōhémǎ)
Finnish: kääpiövirtahepo, pikkuvirtahepo

German: Zwergflusspferd n
Navajo: tééhoołtsódiichilí
Swedish: dvärgflodhäst c

See also

Choeropsis

Further reading

pygmy hippopotamus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hexaprotodon liberiensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hexaprotodon liberiensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hexaprotodon liberiensis in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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