Choeropsis

Table of contents 1 Placement 2 Synonyms and common names 3 References 4 Text 5 Children

Placement

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Mammalia

Order Artiodactyla

Family Hippopotamidae

Genus Choeropsis

Synonyms and common names

Pygmy hippo
Also called Hexaprotodon

References

http://users.tamuk.edu/kfjab02/Biology/Mammalogy/systematics/A7artiodactyla.htm
as of 2002-07-10

Text

The pygmy hippopotamus is half as tall as the hippopotamus and weighs 1/15 as much as a small big hippo. Both are African; the pygmy hippo lives in western Africa (Liberia and nearby, as the species name implies), while its big cousin inhabits the rivers of eastern Africa.

Children

C. liberiensis