Family Hippopotamidae | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Species — There are two living species of hippopotamus in two genera; the pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis of the forests of west Africa, and the ... Read More

The hippopotamus also called the hippo, common hippopotamus or river hippopotamus, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal and ungulate native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other . Read More

... and several extinct species. It belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which also includes the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) and a number of​ ... Read More

Hippopotamidaehippopotamuses ... The modern hippos are divided into two genera and two species. The genera are very different in size, so much so that the ... Read More

由 GL Flacke 著作 · 2019 · 被引用 3 次 — Choeropsis liberiensis (Morton, 1849), commonly called the pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo, is the only extant species in the genus ... Read More

2016年12月22日 — Of the two modern species, the pygmy hippo is the more conservative; indeed, there is no fossil record to indicate its ancestry. The ... Read More