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African Pygmy Hippopotamus

Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) Search Our Hunting Trips for: Current all time records SCI: Score 26 8/16 - Liberia, Totota - 3/71 Rowland Ward: Score 12 - Warri Prov., Nigeria - 1943 Description: The smooth, hairless skin is black-brown to purple in colour, with the cheeks often tinted pink. A secretion of mucous keeps the hide moist and shiny. The body is barrel-shaped and is supported by proportionally long legs. The four-toed feet have virtually no webbing. The head is round and narrower than the river hippopotamus, with the eyes placed more to the sides. The stubby tail has a wiry tassel of yellow hair. Other Common Names: Size: Range: Western Africa, but rare. Natural History: Pygmy hippos have numerous resting places throughout their territory, which they use exclusively when sleeping. These resting places are usually found in moist to wet terrain. Pygmy hippos seek food on higher, drier ground, and are most active between 6 pm and midnight. Both sexes have home ranges, though those of males are much larger than those of females: a female's range covering 100-150 acres, and a male's covering about 400 acres. Despite extensive overlapping of home ranges, pygmy hippopotamuses rarely meet others of their species. Indeed, they actively avoid encounters with others, presumably through dung marking. Most movements are along 'roads' - cleared paths, canals, and tunnels - which are used by several hippos. During the breeding season, males seek out receptive females, who tolerate the males' presence when in heat. Mating takes place on land and in the water throughout a period of two days, in which 1-4 copulations may occur. When threatened, pygmy hippos usually flee: trotting into the dense jungle for a short ways, then hiding till the danger has passed. Normally silent, they have been recorded snorting, grunting, hissing, groaning, and squeaking. Hunting Characteristics:

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