Pygmy hippopotamus: Difference between revisions

[[File:Hexaprotodon liberiensis Lagos Zoo Portugal (3).jpg|thumb|Showing its teeth at the [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]] Zoo in [[Portugal]] ]]

 

 

The pygmy hippo is reclusive and [[nocturnal]]. It is one of only two extant species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Hippopotamidae]], the other being its much larger relative, the common [[hippopotamus]] (''Hippopotamus amphibius'') or Nile hippopotamus. The pygmy hippopotamus displays many terrestrial [[adaptation]]s, but like the common hippo, it is semiaquatic and relies on water to keep its skin moist and its body temperature cool. Behaviors such as mating and giving birth may occur in water or on land. The pygmy hippo is herbivorous, feeding on ferns, [[dicotyledons|broad-leaved plants]], [[grass]]es, and [[fruit]]s it finds in the forests.