pygmy hippopotamus

English

Noun

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

1. 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)

• Dutch: dwergnijlpaard (nl) n
• Finnish: kääpiövirtahepo, pikkuvirtahepo
• French: hippopotame nain (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯუჯა ბეჰემოთი (ǯuǯa behemoti), ლიბერიული ბეჰემოთი (liberiuli behemoti)
• German: Zwergflusspferd (de) n
• Hungarian: törpe víziló
• Polish: hipopotam karłowaty m
• 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^[1] at Bucknell.