Choeropsis liberiensis

The pygmy hippo is about 1.2 m (4 ft) long when full grown.

They weigh about 230 kg (500).

Some people think the babies look like a little eggplant with legs ,but the large ones look a lot like the Nile hippo.

There diet contains of water plants, leaves, fruits, grasses ,and herbs.

They live in the wet forests of Liberia, the Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone.

• Pygmy hippos are very solitary and secretive.
• They are very rare.

• Lincoln Park Zoo Species Data Sheet
• Animal Diversity Web