Pygmy hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis
U-degbe (Basa), Nvubu (Swahili & Luganda)
Conservation status
Critically endangered. Only a few isolated populations remain. The species is at risk from habitat loss due to forest clearance, agriculture and development, as well as poaching.
Habitat
Rivers in tropical rainforests
Biology
The pygmy hippopotamus is nocturnal and solitary.
Diorama
1972
Provenance
1937, Gvipola, Cavally river, 1 female, Liberia, August R. Lindt, 6 January 1960, 1 juvenile, 17 March 1961, 1 male, Basel Zoological Gardens