Pygmy Hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Mammals
The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo is a small hippopotamid 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 and possibly Guinea-Bissau.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Hippopotamidae
- Genus
- Choeropsis