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Pygmy hippopotamuses

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Hippopotamidae
Genus : Hexaprotodon

Facts about the genus Hexaprotodon, the pygmy hippopotamuses

The native habitat of pygmy hippopotamuses is in the dense forests and swamps of Western Africa.

The Pygmy Hippopotamuses are vulnerable because of the destruction of its habitat and the intensive hunting for its meat.

Family: Hippopotamidae Genus/species: Hexaprotodon liberiensis Natural History Pygmy hippopotamuses are members of the family Hippopotamidae, (Full text)

And just one final point, admittedly a semantic issue and to be used generally, not in application to anyone: Hippopotamidae contains the taxon *Hippopotamus *, but the pygmy hippo *Hexaprotodon * is differentiated in the taxon Hippopotamoidea, (Full text)

What was once a towering, untouched jungle habitat of rare forest elephants and pygmy hippopotamuses is now a honeycomb of quarter-mile wide strips of deforested bush and road. (Full text)

Pygmy hippopotamuses are much smaller than their relative, the larger and more aquatic hippopotamus. (Full text)