Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. It has been extirpated from Nigeria. [1] The pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal.
Enteromius liberiensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Enteromius from Sierra Leone and Liberia. Footnotes. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologically, their closest living relatives are the cetaceans.
It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Its name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (ἱπποπόταμος). After elephants and rhinoceroses, the hippopotamus is the next largest land mammal.
Ian Robert Penicuick Heslop (June 1904 – 2 June 1970) was a British naturalist, lepidopterologist and marksman.He is particularly known for his studies of the butterfly Apatura iris (purple emperor), and for his discovery of the Nigerian subspecies of the pygmy hippopotamus, named Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi after him.
The Liberia worm lizard (Cynisca liberiensis) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. [2] References
Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa.Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.. Several species are only known from the type specimens, and their status and continuing existence must be confirmed.
Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis liberiensis are larger at respectively 22.4 and 28.7 mm (0.9 and 1.1 in). Adult colouration is variable. The dorsum in most individuals is brown to black backs, without a distinct border between the two colours. It may also be uniform in colouration, or have lighter and darker browns irregularly mixed.