pygmy hippopotamus
Americannoun
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Yang has been known to portray the iceberg that sank the Titanic or the adorable Thai pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
It is the consequence of what may be Ivory Coast's last chance save the most rapidly disappearing forest in Africa, home to endangered chimpanzees, forest elephants and the rare pygmy hippopotamus.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2016
Abstract sculptures by David Brooks are named, in part, for real creatures — the South China tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the pygmy hippopotamus of West Africa — now on the very brink of extinction.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2014
While common hippos congregate in large social groups, the pygmy hippopotamus is rare, solitary and nocturnal; traits that make direct observation nearly impossible and survey methods more complex.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 1, 2012
The pygmy hippopotamus of West Africa has been seen repeatedly since the 1840s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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